Frenken K., Cefis E. and Stam E. Industrial dynamics and clusters: a survey, Regional
Studies. This paper reviews the literature on clusters and their effects on the entry, exit and …

This article investigates by means of US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent data
whether technological relatedness at the city level was a crucial driving force behind …

In recent years the topic of entrepreneurship has become a major focus in the social
sciences, with renewed interest in the links between personality and entrepreneurship …

The industrial district and cluster literature has generated an extraordinary quantity of
articles, debates and topics for discussion, and encompasses one of the most vibrant lines of …

Explanations of spatial clustering based on localization externalities are being questioned
by recent empirical evidence showing that firms in clusters do not outperform firms outside …

Steven Klepper's theory of industry clustering based on organizational reproduction and
inheritance through spinoffs challenged the Marshallian view on industry clustering. This …

Investigating the role of diversification in the firm growth process, we build on Penrose's (The
theory of the growth of the firm. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1959) Theory of the Growth …

Using a resource dependence perspective, we theorize and show that non-venture-capital-
backed ventures founded in US states with a lower availability of venture capital (VC) are …

Prior studies show that the success of firms in industrial clusters is the result of two main
reasons; the transfer of knowledge and routines from parent firms to spinoffs that locate in …

It is generally acknowledged that in order to have access to locally accumulated industrial
knowledge, firms have to collaborate and take part in cluster knowledge networks. This …