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Cambridge Journal of Economics Advance Access published online on January 10, 2005
Cambridge Journal of Economics, doi:10.1093/cje/bei018
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Cambridge Journal of Economics © Cambridge Political Economy Society 2005; all rights reserved
Received December 4, 2003

Article

What drives innovativeness in industrial clusters? Transcending the debate

Marjolein C. J. Caniëls 1* and Henny A. Romijn 2

1 Open University of the Netherlands (OUNL)
2 Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE)

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Marjolein C. J. Caniëls, E-mail: marjolein.caniels{at}ou.nl


  Abstract

The paper throws new light on the debate about the role played by local knowledge spillovers (LKS) as a driver of regional innovative activity. It transcends the regional level of analysis that has been commonly adopted in the literature so far, using insights from the evolutionary theory of the firm. This makes it possible to derive a typology of mechanisms through which regional agglomeration may stimulate learning and innovation at the firm level. When this typology is brought to bear on the extant approaches in the debate, the contrasting viewpoints can be reconciled to some extent. The main conclusion is that little theoretical ground for the LKS debate remains.

Keywords: Localised knowledge spillovers (LKS); Evolutionary theory; Firm-level learning; Regions; Clusters.
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