Whither or Not Industrial Cluster: Conclusions or Confusions?
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Over the past fifteen years, regional industrial cluster development has gained popularity as a vital economic development strategy to boost competitiveness in a globalizing economy. Moreover, many policy makers and academicians see industrial cluster analysis as the ultimate policy panacea. With the mushrooming of industrial cluster studies, the relevant literature on industrial clusters offers a wide variety of definitions and methodological approaches for identifying clusters. This paper will take a closer look at past and present approaches to industrial cluster analysis from different angles. It will first systematically explore the theoretical foundations used to explain the phenomena of co-location of firms and businesses. Secondly, numerous concepts and definitions used by cluster enthusiasts are then presented in the context of their theoretical foundation. Then, using selected influential key cluster studies, various methods of identifying industrial clusters are compared and contrasted with special attention to the problem of addressing the notion of geographic proximity. 1 Many thanks to Howard Stafford, Professor of Geography Emeritus at the University of Cincinnati, for his insightful comments in the preparation of this manuscript. The Industrial Geographer, Volume 4, issue 1, p. 2-28 ©2006 vom Hofe and Chen 2 The Industrial Geographer
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تاریخ انتشار 2006