Innovation Performance and Clusters: A Dynamic Capability Perspective on Regional Technology Clusters

✍ Scribed by Nicole Röttmer

• Publisher: Gabler
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 228
• Edition: 2011
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Clusters form a cornerstone of the European Commission's innovation strategy. However, they are often not as innovative as expected. While strong quantitative insights into the resource base of successful clusters exist, evidence on soft success factors is anecdotal and dispersed across research streams. Nicole R?¶ttmer sets out to identify and describe these capabilities, their impact on cluster innovativeness in the interplay with cluster resources and their development over time in a comprehensive, dynamic model. Across clusters, she illustrates the existence of dynamic capabilities in networks and their impact on cluster performance, providing an impetus for a change in cluster development policies and cluster management.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Innovation Performance
and Clusters......Page 4
ISBN 9783834930477......Page 5
Foreword......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 14
List of Tables......Page 18
List of Abbreviations......Page 20
1.1 Motivation and Problem Statement......Page 22
1.2 Research Objective and Research Question......Page 28
1.3 Research Epistemology and Methodology......Page 30
1.4 Expected Results and Contribution......Page 37
1.5 Structure of the Study......Page 38
2.1.2 Defining Technology Clusters......Page 40
2.2.1 The Cluster Concept and its Driving Forces of Innovativeness......Page 45
2.2.2 The Concept of Regional Innovation Systems and its Driving Forces of Innovativeness......Page 47
2.2.3 The Concept of Innovative Milieux and their Driving Forces of Innovativeness......Page 48
2.2.4 The Concept of Regional Networks and their Driving Forces of Innovativeness......Page 51
2.3.1 A Dynamic Capability Model of Firm Innovativeness: The Role of the Context, Assets, Routines, Dynamic Capabilities and Inn......Page 52
2.3.2 Characterizing Dynamic Capabilities......Page 57
2.3.3 Defining and Operationalizing Dynamic Capabilities......Page 58
3.2.1 Specifying and Operationalizing Cluster Context......Page 63
3.2.2 Specifying and Operationalizing Cluster Innovativeness and Performance......Page 64
3.3.1 Feasibility of Deriving the Constructs Assets and Cluster Innovation Capabilities from the Literature......Page 69
3.3.2 Deriving Literature-based Evidence on Assets......Page 71
3.3.3 Deriving Literature-based Evidence on Cluster Innovation Capabilities......Page 73
3.4.1 Operationalizing Cluster Assets......Page 76
3.4.2.1 Operationalization through Perceived Existence......Page 78
3.4.2.2 Operationalization through the Observation of Cluster Routines......Page 80
4.1.1 Selection of Technological Field: GALILEO as a Satellite Navigation Technology Shock......Page 86
4.1.2 Market Potential introduced by GALILEO......Page 92
4.1.3 Selection of Clusters......Page 96
4.1.4 Selection of Respondents......Page 99
4.2.1 Data Collection Method......Page 101
4.2.2 Data Analysis......Page 104
5.1 Description of the Sample......Page 106
5.2.1.2 Cluster Assets......Page 110
5.2.1.3 Perceived Cluster Innovation Capabilities and Observation of Routines......Page 111
5.2.1.4 Perceived Cluster Innovativeness and Performance......Page 117
5.2.1.5 Perceived Cluster Strengths and Weaknesses......Page 120
5.2.1.6 Implications for a Dynamic Capability View on Clusters and Discussion of Findings......Page 121
5.2.2.2 Cluster Assets......Page 122
5.2.2.3 Perceived Cluster Innovation Capabilities and Observation of Routines......Page 123
5.2.2.4 Perceived Cluster Innovativeness and Performance......Page 129
5.2.2.5 Perceived Cluster Strengths and Weaknesses......Page 131
5.2.2.6 Implications for a Dynamic Capability View on Clusters and Discussion of Findings......Page 132
5.2.3.1 Cluster Context......Page 133
5.2.3.2 Cluster Assets......Page 134
5.2.3.3 Perceived Cluster Innovation Capabilities and Observation of Routines......Page 135
5.2.3.4 Perceived Cluster Innovativeness and Performance......Page 141
5.2.3.5 Perceived Cluster Strengths and Weaknesses......Page 143
5.2.3.6 Implications for a Dynamic Capability View on Clusters and Discussion of Findings......Page 144
5.2.4.2 Cluster Assets......Page 145
5.2.4.3 Perceived Cluster Innovation Capabilities and Observation of Routines......Page 146
5.2.4.4 Perceived Cluster Innovativeness and Performance......Page 152
5.2.4.6 Implications for a Dynamic Capability View on Clusters and Discussion of Findings......Page 154
5.2.5.2 Cluster Assets......Page 156
5.2.5.3 Perceived Cluster Innovation Capabilities and Observation of Routines......Page 157
5.2.5.4 Perceived Cluster Innovativeness and Performance......Page 163
5.2.5.6 Implications for a Dynamic Capability View on Clusters and Discussion of Findings......Page 165
5.3.1 Case-based Evidence on A Priori Constructs: Cluster Assets......Page 167
5.3.2.1 Community Building......Page 168
5.3.2.2 Strategic Alignment......Page 172
5.3.2.3 Reconfiguration......Page 174
5.2.3.4 Opportunity Recognition......Page 177
5.2.3.4 Networking......Page 180
5.3.3 Cross-Cluster Innovativeness and Performance......Page 182
5.3.4.1 Impact of Cluster Context on Cluster Assets, Routines, Capabilities and Performance......Page 183
5.3.4.2 Impact of Cluster Assets on Cluster Routines, Capabilities and Performance......Page 185
5.3.4.3 Impact of Cluster Innovation Capabilities on Performance......Page 186
5.4.1 Deriving Hypotheses on Cluster Innovation Capabilities......Page 187
5.4.2 Answering the Research Questions on Cluster Innovation Capabilities......Page 189
5.4.3 Developing a Model of Cluster Innovation Capabilities......Page 190
6.1 Contrasting the Results with the Literature on Dynamic Capabilities......Page 192
6.2.1 Clusters......Page 195
6.2.2 Regional Innovation Systems......Page 196
6.2.3 Innovative Milieux......Page 197
6.2.4 Regional Networks......Page 198
6.3 Overview of the Research Results......Page 199
6.4 Contributions and Implications of Research......Page 201
6.5 Limitations of the Study and Directions for Future Research......Page 203
Annex: Interview Guideline......Page 206
References......Page 208