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Cluster Absorptive Capacity: Why do Some Clusters Forge Ahead and Others Lag Behind?
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This article provides a firm-centred interpretation of why some industrial clusters forge ahead and others lag behind. It argues that the dynamic growth of a cluster depends on its absorptive capacity and therefore on the capacity of firms to absorb external knowledge and diffuse it into the intra-cluster knowledge system. This article speculates on the relationship existing between the heterogeneity of firms’ knowledge bases with both intra- and extra-cluster knowledge systems. It concludes by illustrating that a conceptual link exists between firm-level knowledge bases, the cluster absorptive capacity and its potential for growth.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Giuliani, E.
- Venue
- European Urban and Regional Studies
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2005-07
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 269-288
- ISSN
- 0969-7764 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7145
- OpenAlex
- W2075375101
- Cited by
- 317
- References
- 107
- FWCI
- 23.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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