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Clusters, Systems and Blocks

In: Beyond Innovation: Technology, Institution and Change as Categories for Social Analysis

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  • Thomas Kaiserfeld

    (Lund University)

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An early attempt to analyse processes emanating from combinations and integration of knowledge together with its carriers stemmed from the observation that industrial branches and sectors seemed to agglomerate geographically, creating local or regional clusters. Other concepts mirror sectorial complexes or the importance of systems. In common, they all have the assumption that technology and institutions are systemic in the sense that their parts cannot be understood or analysed in isolation, but need to be understood as connected entities. Conclusions in this chapter include the developing uniformity of systems and organizations despite the original institutional differences of distinctive geographical locations and regions. Another insight is that change in one part of the complex is very likely to have repercussions throughout the whole system.

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  • Thomas Kaiserfeld, 2015. "Clusters, Systems and Blocks," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Beyond Innovation: Technology, Institution and Change as Categories for Social Analysis, chapter 8, pages 67-76, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-54712-5_8
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137547125_8
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