Philip McCann, Department of Economics, The University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, Simona Iammarino, SPRU (Science and Technology Policy Research), University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
The Structure and Evolution of Industrial Clusters - Transactions,
Technology and Knowledge Spillovers (assigned to theme
In this paper we investigate the relationship between innovation and industrial clusters. In order to do this we extend a transactions costs classification of industrial clusters which has been used extensively into a knowledge taxonomy of clusters, along the lines suggested by Pavitt’s (1984) classic taxonomy of the sources of innovation. Our arguments show that the transactions costs classification and the In this paper we investigate the relationship between innovation and industrial clusters. In order to do this we extend a transactions costs classification of industrial clusters which has been used extensively into a knowledge taxonomy of clusters, along the lines suggested by Pavitt’s (1984) classic taxonomy of the sources of innovation. Our arguments show that the transactions costs classification and the knowledge taxonomy are broadly consistent, and that real insights into the micro-foundations, nature, and evolution of clusters can be provided by these classification systems. The paper concludes with a range of examples.
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