Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/18119 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
DIW Discussion Papers No. 359
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
Innovation is increasingly seen as a collective action which involves many different actors operating in a cluster context. These clusters are usually conceived as local agglomerations. In this paper it will be argued that they are an important tool to study innovation, but the globalisation of companies and markets and the specific requirements of innovation processes require the expansion of cluster concepts towards virtual dimensions. It will be shown that the combination of local and virtual cluster links improves access to essential resources in innovation. An examples taken from the automotive component sector will illustrate the concept.
Subjects: 
Innovation
cluster dynamics
automotive components
JEL: 
L62
L69
O32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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