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Clusters and rivalry: does localization really matter?

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  • Boari, Cristina
  • Odorici, Vincenza
  • Zamarian, Marco

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This exploratory study addresses the link between rivalry--which we regard as a cognitive social dimension of competition-- and localization. We adopt a visual-mapping technique to collect data on firms belonging to the packaging-machinery geographical cluster in Northern Italy. We can summarize our results as follows. Entrepreneurs identifying rivals within the cluster also tend to cite a larger number of rivals altogether. A firm's proximity to its rivals is a key to a deeper comparison with them. Geographical distance represents a tool for scanning the competitive environment; it is not used as a criterion by which to classify rivalry. From these results, we generate a few propositions that shed a new light on the relationship between rivalry and localization.

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  • Boari, Cristina & Odorici, Vincenza & Zamarian, Marco, 2003. "Clusters and rivalry: does localization really matter?," Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier, vol. 19(4), pages 467-489, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:scaman:v:19:y:2003:i:4:p:467-489
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