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Cluster Firms: You'll Never Walk Alone

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  • Francesc Xavier Molina-Morales
  • Luis Mart�nez-Ch�fer

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M olina -M orales F. X. and M art�nez -C h�fer L. Cluster firms: you'll never walk alone, Regional Studies . The role of supporting organizations is subject to controversy. Although many studies have reported positive effects, the significance of these organizations still remains diluted among different explanatory factors. This paper uses social network analysis techniques to investigate the extent to which supporting organizations really act as intermediaries in clusters and how they may improve the structural indicators of the networks involved. Overall findings go further than the specific cluster literature, since they shed light on the role of the nodes and links in networks, and provide evidence of the potential benefits for focal actors.

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  • Francesc Xavier Molina-Morales & Luis Mart�nez-Ch�fer, 2016. "Cluster Firms: You'll Never Walk Alone," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(5), pages 877-893, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:50:y:2016:i:5:p:877-893
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.952719
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    1. Gökhan Önder & Cemil Ulukan, 2020. "Innovation and the network position of firms: the case of the Eskişehir–Bilecik–Kütahya ceramic cluster in Turkey," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 47(4), pages 589-612, December.
    2. De Marchi, Valentina & Molina-Morales, F. Xavier & Martínez-Cháfer, Luis, 2022. "Environmental innovation and cooperation: A configurational approach," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
    3. Galaso, Pablo & Masi Fadlala, Fernando & Picasso, Santiago & Rodríguez Miranda, Adrián & Servín Belotto, María Belén, 2024. "Organizaciones de apoyo: conectando redes para la innovación empresarial en clústeres de un país en desarrollo," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 59, pages 193-211.
    4. Molina-Morales, Francesc Xavier & Martínez-Cháfer, Luís & Valiente-Bordanova, David, 2017. "Disruptive Technological Innovations as New Opportunities for Mature Industrial Clusters. The Case of Digital Printing Innovation in the Spanish Ceramic Tile Cluster," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 39, pages 39-57.

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