TY - UNPB
T1 - Epistemic communities and cluster dynamics
T2 - On the role of knowledge in industrial districts
AU - Håkanson, Lars
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This paper questions the prevailing notions that firms within industrial clusters have privi-leged access to `tacit knowledge' that is unavailable - or available only at high cost - to firms located elsewhere, and that such access provides competitive advantages that help to explain the growth and development of both firms and regions. It outlines a model of cluster dynam-ics emphasizing two mutually interdependent processes: the concentration of specialized and complementary epistemic communities, on the one hand, and entrepreneurship and a high rate of new firm formation on the other.
AB - This paper questions the prevailing notions that firms within industrial clusters have privi-leged access to `tacit knowledge' that is unavailable - or available only at high cost - to firms located elsewhere, and that such access provides competitive advantages that help to explain the growth and development of both firms and regions. It outlines a model of cluster dynam-ics emphasizing two mutually interdependent processes: the concentration of specialized and complementary epistemic communities, on the one hand, and entrepreneurship and a high rate of new firm formation on the other.
KW - Industrielle klynger
KW - Tavs viden
KW - Videnoverførsel
KW - Industrielle distrikter
KW - Virksomhedens etablering
KW - Iværksættere
M3 - Working paper
BT - Epistemic communities and cluster dynamics
CY - København
ER -