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Zitierlink DOI
10.26092/elib/872
Verlagslink DOI
10.1177/0969776414536061

Driving forces of cluster evolution – Growth and lock-in of two German packaging machinery clusters

Veröffentlichungsdatum
2016
Autoren
Mossig, Ivo  
Schieber, Lars  
Zusammenfassung
This paper explores the driving forces for divergent trajectories of cluster evolution within the same branch of industry using the example of two packaging machinery clusters located in the German regions of Schwaebisch-Hall and Mittelhessen. Between 1998 and 2010 the Schwaebisch-Hall cluster recorded an increase in employment of almost two thirds. On the other hand, employment in the Mittelhessen cluster declined by about 15% and the cluster is characterised by negative functional and cognitive lock-in. This study tackles the existing lack of comparative in-depth longitudinal case studies with regard to cluster evolution. In doing so, the driving forces from recent conceptual approaches to cluster dynamics are exemplified empirically, which has rarely been done before. It is pointed out that dynamics at individual firm level (e.g. routines, spin-offs) are equally important – albeit highly interdependent – as those dynamics of relations (e.g. learning, rivalry, policy) and those operating at a systemic level (e.g. cluster heterogeneity, markets). Therefore we consider conceptual approaches to cluster evolution, which combine several driving forces to really understand changes, as necessary.
Schlagwörter
Industrial clusters

; 

cluster evolution

; 

cluster life cycles

; 

evolutionary economic geography

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lock-in
Verlag
Sage
Institution
Universität Bremen  
Fachbereich
Fachbereich 08: Sozialwissenschaften (FB 08)  
Dokumenttyp
Artikel/Aufsatz
Zeitschrift/Sammelwerk
European Urban and Regional Studies  
Band
23
Heft
4
Startseite
594
Endseite
611
Zweitveröffentlichung
Ja
Dokumentversion
Postprint
Lizenz
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/
Sprache
Englisch
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