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Oxford and Grenoble: multiple anchors, strong dyadic relationships and national policy in fostering cluster architectures

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  • Dimitris Assimakopoulos
  • Helen Lawton Smith
  • Ning Baines
  • Saverio Romeo
  • Maria Tsouri

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This paper explores the divergence in patterns of regional development in twin towns, one in France, Grenoble, and one in the UK, Oxford. Since the early 2000s, a number of changes in national policies in each country have had a direct effect on the dynamics of local technology-led economic development. Here the particular interest is in those that relate to interrelationships (dyads) between anchor organizations (public sector research laboratories) and major local firms. The paper’s focus is on how changes in policy effect strong local relationships and how multiple anchor organizations drive cluster development.

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  • Dimitris Assimakopoulos & Helen Lawton Smith & Ning Baines & Saverio Romeo & Maria Tsouri, 2022. "Oxford and Grenoble: multiple anchors, strong dyadic relationships and national policy in fostering cluster architectures," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(10), pages 1618-1632, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:56:y:2022:i:10:p:1618-1632
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2021.1998416
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    1. Nilsson, Magnus & Schubert, Torben & Miörner, Johan, 2023. "The Productivity Effects of Regional Anchors on Local Firms in Swedish Regions between 2007 and 2019 – Evidence from an Expert-informed Machine-Learning Approach," Papers in Innovation Studies 2023/8, Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research.
    2. Helen Lawton Smith & Jonathan Potter, 2022. "Applying the entrepreneurial ecosystem concept to regional entrepreneurship policy analysis – a critique," Working Papers 61, Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management Research, revised Jun 2022.

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