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Four views on Dutch clusters

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Harold Creusen ()
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This study captures four theoretical views on clusters and identifies several clusters by analysing detailed input-output tables, innovation surveys and data on business locations. Most clusters concern supply-demand clusters related to intermediate supplies, and regional concentrations of industries. Some supply-demand clusters are moderately concentrated in specific regions. Knowledge exchange through research partnerships hardly occur. However smaller companies, but also enterprises in chemicals and (electronic) machinery, often participate in information networks. Knowledge exchange with universities, research institutes and business seems to be less important. The prominent role of intermediate relations may induce potential market failures caused by exclusive but tying vertical relations. Knowledge exchange by regional information networks -particularly with external institutes- has not been successful so far.

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Paper provided by CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis in its series CPB Memoranda with number 22.

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Keywords: cluster; clusters; innovative clusters; regional concentration; firms; intermediate supplies; knowledge exchange; information networks;

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L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
O3 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change

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  1. Masahisa Fujita & Paul Krugman & Anthony J. Venables, 2001. "The Spatial Economy: Cities, Regions, and International Trade," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262561476, December.
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