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On clusters and industrial districts: A literature review using bibliometrics methods, 2000–2015

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  • Francisco García‐Lillo
  • Enrique Claver‐Cortés
  • Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara
  • Mercedes Úbeda‐García
  • Pedro Seva‐Larrosa

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The present research work shows the results obtained in an analysis of the existing literature about one of the ‘topics’ which arouses more interest among economists, geographers, theorists of business organization and strategic management or the actual officials in charge of territory arrangement and planning: that of clusters or industrial firm or groupings. More precisely, a total of 1,344 research papers published in different journals in the areas of economy, management, business, planning and development, urban studies and geography during the period 2000 and 2015 were analysed for the purpose of trying to identify and visualize the intellectual structure or knowledge base of the research developed about the aforementioned phenomena. As for the methodology utilized, of a quantitative nature, it is based on the use of bibliometric techniques – in particular, of document co‐citation analysis (DCA) – and of social networks analysis. El presente trabajo de investigación muestra los resultados obtenidos en un análisis de la literatura existente sobre uno de los ‘temas’ que despierta más interés entre economistas, geógrafos, teóricos de la organización empresarial y la gestión estratégica, o entre el propio funcionariado a cargo de la ordenación y planificación del territorio: el de los conglomerados o agrupaciones de empresas industriales. Más específicamente, se analizaron un total de 1344 artículos de investigación publicados en diferentes revistas de las áreas de economía, gestión, negocios, planificación y desarrollo, estudios urbanos y geografía publicadas durante el período 2000 al 2015, con el fin de tratar de identificar y visualizar la estructura intelectual o la base de conocimiento de la investigación desarrollada sobre los fenómenos mencionados anteriormente. En cuanto a la metodología utilizada, de naturaleza cuantitativa, se basa en el uso de técnicas bibliométricas (en particular en el análisis de cocitas de documentos) y en el análisis de redes sociales. 本稿では、経済学者、地理学者、企業組織論および経営政略論の学者または土地区画整理事業やその計画の実務に携わる公職者、すなわちそのクラスタあるいは企業や企業系列の興味をかき立てるトピックについて書かれた既存文献の分析から得られた結果を示す。具体的には、2000年から2015年までに出版された、経済学、経営学、ビジネス、企画開発、都市学、地理学の領域を扱う複数の学術ジャーナルに掲載された1,344件の論文を分析して、前述の事象に関する研究の知的構造またはナレッジ・ベースの同定と可視化を試みた。採用した方法については、その定量的な性質から、計量書誌学的な方法、特に共引用文献分析(document co‐citation analysis :DCA)の方法と、ソーシャルネットワーク分析の方法を基にした。

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  • Francisco García‐Lillo & Enrique Claver‐Cortés & Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara & Mercedes Úbeda‐García & Pedro Seva‐Larrosa, 2018. "On clusters and industrial districts: A literature review using bibliometrics methods, 2000–2015," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 97(4), pages 835-861, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:97:y:2018:i:4:p:835-861
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12291
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    1. Zhu, Lin & Cunningham, Scott W., 2022. "Unveiling the knowledge structure of technological forecasting and social change (1969–2020) through an NMF-based hierarchical topic model," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 174(C).

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