Conditions of Diffusion of Competitiveness Clusters' Technologies: a Brief Theoretical Note

Iritié, B. G. Jean-Jacques (2015): Conditions of Diffusion of Competitiveness Clusters' Technologies: a Brief Theoretical Note. Forthcoming in: International Journal of Economics and Finance , Vol. 7, No. 10 (October 2015)

Abstract

Competitiveness clusters (or innovation clusters) are the focal point of french new industrial policy. They are based on classical cluster model and its well-known agglomeration positive externalities and on benefits of cooperation. After a brief literature review of cluster theory, we focus on the theoretical conditions under which french innovation clusters can foster production and diffusion of technological innovations. Our critical analysis points out three non-exhaustive conditions: (i) the capacity to coordinate and to incitate cooperation in R\D; (ii) the capacity to favor production and technological knowledge transfer; (iii) the capacity to promote and to keep R\D appropriation by cooperating innovators.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: innovation cluster, coordination, cooperation, installed base, organisational absorptive capacity, collective appropriation.
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O2 - Development Planning and Policy > O20 - General; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Innovation ; Research and Development ; Technological Change ; Intellectual Property Rights > O30 - General; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R10 - General; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R3 - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location > R30 - General

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