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Creating a Cluster While Building a Firm: Entrepreneurs and the Formation of Industrial Clusters

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  • Maryann Feldman
  • Johanna Francis
  • Janet Bercovitz

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Feldman M. P., Francis J. and Bercovitz, J. (2005) Creating a cluster while building a firm: entrepreneurs and the formation of industrial clusters, Regional Studies39, 129-141. The objective of the paper is to provide a theoretical model of cluster development that is informed by an appreciative interpretation of case studies. It argues that entrepreneurs are a critical element in the formation of clusters. Entrepreneurs are important actors in the development of clusters as complex adaptive systems, where the external resources associated with clusters are developed over time. Entrepreneurs who adapt to both constructive crises and new opportunities create the factors and conditions that facilitate their business interests and, in turn, contribute to the development of external resources. The paper examines the initial factors that influence the decision to become an entrepreneur and examine how external factors influence the formation and location of high-technology clusters. Feldman M. P., Francis J. et Bercovitz, J. (2005) L'etablissment d'un regroupement au fur et a mesure de la creation d'entreprise: les entrepreneurs et l'etablissement des regroupements industriels, Regional Studies39, 129-141. Cet article cherche a construire un modele theorique du developpement des regroupements guide par une interpretation sensible des etudes de cas. On considere que les entrepreneurs constituent un facteur cle dans l'etablissement des regroupements. Les entrepreneurs sont des agents importants dans le developpement des regroupements en tant que systemes complexes adaptables, ou les ressources externes liees aux regroupements se developpent sur le temps. Les entrepreneurs qui s'adaptent et aux crises avantageuses, et aux nouvelles possibilites, creent les facteurs et les conditions qui favorisent leurs affaires et, a leur tour, contribuent au developpement des ressources externes. On examine les premiers facteurs qui influencent la decision individuelle de devenir entrepreneur, et on etudie comment les facteurs externes influencent l'etablissement et la localisation des regroupements qui sont a la pointe de la technologie. Feldman M. P., Francis J. und Bercovitz, J. (2005) Schaffung eines Clusters in Verbindung mit dem Aufbau einer Firma: Unternehmer und Clusterbildung der Industrie, Regional Studies39, 129-141. Dieser Aufsatz beabsichtigt, ein theoretisches Modell einer Clusterentwicklung vorzustellen, das auf einer bewertenden Interpretation von Fallstudien beruht. Es wird die These aufgestellt, dass Unternehmer bei Clusterbildung ein kritisches Element darstellen. Unternehmer sind wichtige Spieler bei der Entwicklung von Clustern als komplexen Mittlersystemen, in denen die externen, mit Clustern in Verbindung stehenden Resourcen erst im Laufe der Zeit entwickelt werden. Unternehmer, die sich sowohl konstruktiven Krisen als auch neu auftauchenden Gelegenheiten anzupassen verstehen, schaffen Faktoren und Voraussetzungen, die ihren Geschaftsinteressen entgegenkommen, und selbst wiederum zur Entwicklung externer Resourcen beitragen. Die Autoren untersuchen die anfanglichen Faktoren, welche die Entscheidung, Unternehmer zu werden, beeinflussen, und inwiefern externe Faktoren Bildung und Standort hochtechnologischer Cluster bestimmen. Feldman M. P., Francis J. y Bercovitz, J. (2005) Crear un cluster mientras se construye una empresa: emprendedores (entrepreneurs) y la formacion de clusters industriales, Regional Studies39, 129-141. El objetivo de este articulo es ofrecer un modelo teorico de desarrollo de clusters basado en una interpretacion apreciativa de estudios de casos. Sostenemos que los emprendedores son uno de los elementos criticos en el desarrollo de clusters como sistemas de adaptacion complejos, donde los recursos externos que se asocian con los clusters se desarrollan a lo largo del tiempo. Los emprendedores, los cuales se adaptan tanto a crisis constructivas como a nuevas oportunidades, crean los factores y las condiciones que facilitan los intereses de sus negocios y, como resultado, contribuyen al desarrollo de los recursos externos. Examinamos los factores que influyen inicialmente en su decision de convertirse en emprendedores y examinamos de que forma los factores externos influyen la formacion y localizacion de clusters de alta tecnologia.

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  • Maryann Feldman & Johanna Francis & Janet Bercovitz, 2005. "Creating a Cluster While Building a Firm: Entrepreneurs and the Formation of Industrial Clusters," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(1), pages 129-141.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:39:y:2005:i:1:p:129-141
    DOI: 10.1080/0034340052000320888
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