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How do firms in co-located clusters interact? Evidence from Greater Montreal
[National systems of entrepreneurship: measurement issues and policy implications]

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  • Ekaterina Turkina
  • Ari Van Assche
  • David Doloreux

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We developed a theoretical framework to explore how firms agglomerate and develop linkages within and across co-located clusters in a competitive urban economy. We applied our framework to Montreal, where we analyzed relationships among its aerospace, information technology and artificial intelligence firms. Using network community structure analysis, we show that firm linkages largely agglomerate within industrial lines. However, there are important nuances. Clusters themselves are not homogeneous and firms specializing in similar or complementary technological subfields develop denser connections with each other. Moreover, technological similarity and complementarity, as well as a common business context, force some groups of firms to develop linkages across clusters, creating significant overlap across certain industries.

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  • Ekaterina Turkina & Ari Van Assche & David Doloreux, 2021. "How do firms in co-located clusters interact? Evidence from Greater Montreal [National systems of entrepreneurship: measurement issues and policy implications]," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 21(5), pages 761-782.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jecgeo:v:21:y:2021:i:5:p:761-782.
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    1. Doloreux, David & Turkina, Ekaterina, 2023. "Intermediaries in regional innovation systems: An historical event-based analysis applied to AI industry in Montreal," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
    2. Li Pengfei & Turkina Ekaterina & Van Assche Ari, 2022. "The Tortoise and the Hare: Industry Clockspeed and Resilience of Production and Knowledge Networks in Montréal’s Aerospace Industry," ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, De Gruyter, vol. 66(2), pages 81-95, July.

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