Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/31806 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
Papers on Economics and Evolution No. 0723
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
Local industrial clusters have attracted much attention in the recent economic and geographical literature. A huge number of case studies have been conducted. This paper presents a meta-analysis of the case studies of 159 local industrial clusters in various countries and industries. Based on an overview of the various theories and arguments about the emergence of such clusters in the literature, it analyses the involvement of 35 different local conditions and processes, providing a summary on the knowledge that is gathered in these case studies with a comparison between continents, new and old clusters, and high- and low-tech industries.
Subjects: 
local industrial clusters
case studies
meta-study
local conditions
JEL: 
L60
O18
R12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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