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Rethinking clusters. Towards a new research agenda for cluster research

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  • L. Lazzeretti
  • F. Capone
  • A. Caloffi
  • S. R. Sedita

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Notwithstanding the wide research on clusters and industrial districts, most of the preceding contributions tried to analyse and investigate past research and rarely tried to critique or propose any future trajectories of this stream of research. The aim of this special issue is to identify and discuss the main themes of research that populate the current scientific debate and highlight the emergent lines that may well set the future research agenda. In order to provide a scenario for better understanding the content of this special issue, in this work, we encouraged a mix of quantitative and qualitative approaches. In particular, to identify the most important themes of current and future research, we present a bibliometric analysis of the papers that were presented at the international workshop ‘Rethinking Clusters’, which took place in Florence in 2018, with more than 100 participants. This exercise together with a wider literature review permits us to propose a new research agenda on cluster research according to eight main themes. These range from cluster life cycles, through creativity, innovation, knowledge networks, cluster policy issues, internationalization, sustainability, finally to cluster variety and relatedness.

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  • L. Lazzeretti & F. Capone & A. Caloffi & S. R. Sedita, 2019. "Rethinking clusters. Towards a new research agenda for cluster research," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(10), pages 1879-1903, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:27:y:2019:i:10:p:1879-1903
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1650899
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    1. Vitor Klein Schmidt & Aurora Carneiro Zen & Bernardo Fernandes Soares & Bruno Anicet Bittencourt, 2023. "Trajectory and cluster resilience elements: The case of the Brazilian wine cluster of the Serra Gaúcha," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(2), pages 596-624, June.
    2. Doehne, Malte & Rost, Katja, 2021. "Long waves in the geography of innovation: The rise and decline of regional clusters of creativity over time," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 50(9).
    3. James Wilson & Emily Wise & Madeline Smith, 2022. "Evidencing the benefits of cluster policies: towards a generalised framework of effects," Policy Sciences, Springer;Society of Policy Sciences, vol. 55(2), pages 369-391, June.
    4. Martine Gadille & Juan Ramón Gallego-Bono, 2021. "Rebuilding a Cluster While Protecting Knowledge within Low-Medium-Tech Supplier SMEs: A Spanish and French Comparison," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(20), pages 1-35, October.
    5. Tobias König, 2023. "Between collaboration and competition: co‐located clusters of different industries in one region—the context of Tuttlingen's medical engineering and metal processing industries," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(2), pages 288-325, April.
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    7. Gökhan Önder & Cemil Ulukan, 2020. "Innovation and the network position of firms: the case of the Eskişehir–Bilecik–Kütahya ceramic cluster in Turkey," Economia e Politica Industriale: Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, Springer;Associazione Amici di Economia e Politica Industriale, vol. 47(4), pages 589-612, December.
    8. Ekaterina Turkina & Boris Oreshkin, 2021. "The Impact of Co-Inventor Networks on Smart Cleantech Innovation: The Case of Montreal Agglomeration," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-17, June.
    9. Kamath, Ram & Elola, Aitziber & Hermans, Frans, 2023. "The green-restructuring of clusters: Investigating a biocluster's transition using a complex adaptive system model," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 31(9), pages 1842-1867.

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