Conceptualizing clusters through the lens of networks: a critical synthesis

Joana Almodovar () and Aurora Teixeira ()
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Joana Almodovar: MIoIR, Manchester Business School, U.K

FEP Working Papers from Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Economia do Porto

Abstract: Clusters, as spatial concentrations of economic activity, constitute an important form of coordination with significant repercussions in the configuration of firm and territorial strategies. They are recognized, both by academics and policymakers, as a territorial pattern of economy yielding critical issues in terms of competitive advantage, innovation, and economic growth. Despite that, a rigorous and clear-cut definition of cluster is still far from being reached. In the present paper, resorting to a critical synthesis of the literature on networks and clusters, we propose a unified, encompassing, and less blurred definition of cluster.

Keywords: Clusters; Networks; Concepts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B52 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2009-07
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