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United we stand, divided we fall? Clustered firms’ relationships after the 2008 crisis

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  • Valmir Emil Hoffmann
  • Fiorenza Belussi
  • M. Teresa Martínez-Fernández
  • Edgar Reyes

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Research on clusters or industrial districts within various schools of thought focuses on the relationships between clustered firms. We observed that the territory can produce sources of advantage, but also disadvantages, for firms. Using an exploratory and qualitative approach, the aim of this work is to determine what happened in the Spanish ceramic tile industrial district firms’ relationships after the 2008 crisis. The analysis has been performed in three of the dimensions in which these connections can take place: cooperation – horizontal and vertical cooperation, knowledge transfer and supporting institutions, along with innovation as a measure of performance. In order to examine these shifts, members of the firms and institutions in the cluster were interviewed, resulting in eight propositions for changes that may take place when the competition is intensified within a cluster, suggesting an analytical framework that could be tested in future research.

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  • Valmir Emil Hoffmann & Fiorenza Belussi & M. Teresa Martínez-Fernández & Edgar Reyes, 2017. "United we stand, divided we fall? Clustered firms’ relationships after the 2008 crisis," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(7-8), pages 735-758, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:29:y:2017:i:7-8:p:735-758
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2017.1343869
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    1. Antonio García-Sánchez & Ruth Rama, 2022. "Cooperative innovation and crises: Foreign subsidiaries, state-owned enterprises, and domestic private firms [Directorship Interlocks in Comparative Perspective: The Case of Spain]," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 49(6), pages 915-927.
    2. Jenni Dinger & Michael Conger & David Hekman & Carla Bustamante, 2020. "Somebody That I Used to Know: The Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Social Identity in Post-disaster Business Communities," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 166(1), pages 115-141, September.

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