...Federica Belfanti; Fernando G. Alberti; Massimo Riva Purpose This paper aims to develop a scalable, patent-based framework to map clusters’ repositioning towards environmental technologies and to distinguish current green technological specialisation from transition readiness. Design...

...Marta Mackiewicz; Dominika Kuberska Purpose The purpose of this study is to ascertain how cluster organisations have been fostering green transformation in Poland. Design/methodology/approach This paper adopts a multiple case study approach. Data collection methods involved in-depth interviews...

...Michael Rothgang; Bernhard Lageman Purpose This study, a conceptual paper, aims an answer the question, how significant cluster ambidexterity is for the resilience of individual clusters. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw up an abductive synopsis of empirical information...

.../approach Using a combination of social network analysis, regression analysis and interview analysis, the authors map and analyze a cleantech cluster to investigate the relationship between MNEs and local firms and the resulting effects on cleantech innovation. Findings The findings of the paper...

...Fernando Antonio Ribeiro Serra; Julio Araujo Carneiro-da-Cunha; Leonardo Vils; Carlos Ricardo Rossetto Purpose The mainstream research on knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity (ACAP) in clusters was conducted in high-technology industries in developing countries. However, low technology...

...Pablo Galaso; Adrián Rodríguez Miranda Purpose Inquiring about the patterns of interaction within clusters can provide a valuable insight into the cooperation and competition strategies followed by firms. However, such internal patterns are difficult to identify using conventional methods...

... clusters, and these organizations are responsible for the most radical innovations. The analysis also reveals the importance of brokers and international ties in generating radical innovations. Research limitations/implications The findings of our paper extend the initial concept of industrial district...

...Fernando G. Alberti; Federica Belfanti Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the debate about creating shared value (CSV) and clusters, by shedding light on how clusters might generate shared value, i.e. cause social and business benefits, hence focusing on the following research question “do...

...Malgorzata Rozkwitalska; Anna Lis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to portray social learning in cluster initiatives (CIs), namely, to explore, with the lens of the communities of practice (CoPs) theory, in what ways social learning occurs in CIs and discover how various CoPs emerge and evolve...

...Nils Grashof; Alexander Kopka; Colin Wessendorf; Dirk Fornahl Purpose This paper aims to show the interaction effects between clusters and cluster-specific attributes and the industrial internet of things (IoT) knowledge of a firm on the innovativeness of firms. Cluster theory and the concept...

...Arantza Zubiaurre; Eduardo Sisti; Jabier Retegi Purpose This paper aims to analyze how integration into global value chains has impacted the evolution of the Basque machine tool cluster from the 1990s to the present day. Design/methodology/approach The study was carried out in three steps...

...Marta Götz Purpose This paper aims to explore the nature of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) cluster, to establish and empirically verify in the pilot study the role of clusters in developing the fourth industrial revolution. It aims to find out if the cluster can provide a conducive knowledge environment...

...Anna Maria Lis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse relations between geographical and competence proximity and development of cooperation in cluster initiatives. Design/methodology/approach The research was based on an original theoretical concept referring to the trajectory...

...Fernando G. Alberti; Federica Belfanti Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it aims at reconciling the literature on creating shared value (CSV) with the one on cluster development, searching for complementarities and similarities. Second, it aims at understanding the role...

...Alfonso Mendoza-Velazquez; José Antonio Santillana; Viviana Elizabeth Zárate-Mirón; Martha Cabanas Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate labor congestion in the automotive industry in Mexico. Design/methodology/approach By using the cluster and subcluster definitions by Delgado...

... The analysis is based on data from 41 highly dynamic industrial clusters originally obtained by applying Porter’s (1998) methodology. We use a cross-section specification estimated via instrumental variables and two-stage least square estimation (2SLS) to control for endogeneity. Findings On average, we...

...Stephen Brosnan; Eleanor Doyle; Sean O’Connor Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer clarity on a central concept introduced in Porter’s The Competitive Advantage of Nations, i.e. the cluster. The authors situate the concept introduced by Porter (1990) relative to two of its...

...Barbara Jankowska; Cezary Główka Purpose This paper aims to respond to the call for empirical research on cluster internationalization to learn more about the mechanism of cluster internationalization and the intensity of this process in a Polish context, which is specific due to Poland. Design...

...Jesús M. Valdaliso; Aitziber Elola; Susana Franco Purpose – This paper aims to examine whether in old industrial regions, the trajectory of clusters follows that of their corresponding industry or deviates from it and which are the factors that account for cluster evolution. This paper deals...

...Fernando G. Alberti; Emanuele Pizzurno Purpose – This paper aims at investigating the multifaceted nature of innovation networks by focusing on two research questions: Do cluster actors exchange only one type of innovation-related knowledge? Do cluster actors play different roles in innovation...