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Technology cluster evaluation and growth factors: literature review

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  • Marc Gagné
  • Shannon H Townsend
  • Isabelle Bourgeois
  • Rebecca E Hart

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The pace of evolution of a technology cluster is determined by a variety of endogenous and exogenous factors related to its local and global environment. Extensively studied over the years, the factors that influence the growth of technology-based clusters can provide valuable indications about the capacity of clusters to achieve their objectives, attract new firms and become internationally competitive. Following an extensive literature review, the most prevalent factors that influence technology-based cluster growth were identified. These factors are those that must normally be present in order for a cluster to exist and to progress over time. This article outlines the method used to identify 12 recurring growth factors and discusses the use of these in the evaluation of technology-based clusters. Copyright , Beech Tree Publishing.

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  • Marc Gagné & Shannon H Townsend & Isabelle Bourgeois & Rebecca E Hart, 2010. "Technology cluster evaluation and growth factors: literature review," Research Evaluation, Oxford University Press, vol. 19(2), pages 82-90, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:rseval:v:19:y:2010:i:2:p:82-90
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    1. Gull, Isabel, 2013. "Das Management von Innovationsclustern: Die operative Clusterführung," Arbeitspapiere 137, University of Münster, Institute for Cooperatives.
    2. Muscio, Alessandro & Lopolito, Antonio & Nardone, Gianluca, 2019. "Evaluating social dynamics within technology clusters: A methodological approach to assess social capital," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    3. Pere Castell & Ramon Ramon-Muñoz, 2022. "Deterministic and Contingent Factors in the Genesis of Agribusiness Clusters: The Pigmeat Industry in Nineteenth-Century Catalonia," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(3), pages 1-24, March.
    4. Charles H. Davis, 2011. "Media Industry Clusters and Public Policy," Chapters, in: Charlie Karlsson & Robert G. Picard (ed.), Media Clusters, chapter 4, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    5. Ingstrup, Mads Bruun, 2013. "Facilitating Different Types of Clusters," management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 24(2), pages 133-150.

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