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来源

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES,Vol.26,Issue5,P.915-932

语言

英文

关键字

Cluster life cycle; industrial cluster; hosiery industry; evolutionary economic geography; complexity; industrial districts; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS; ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHY; AUTOMOBILE-INDUSTRY; PATH DEPENDENCY; FUTURE-RESEARCH; INNOVATION; RESILIENCE; EMERGENCE

作者单位

[Carli, Giulio; Morrison, Andrea] Univ Utrecht, Dept Human Geog & Spatial Planning, Heidelberglaan 2, NL-3584 CS Utrecht, Netherlands. [Morrison, Andrea] Bocconi Univ, ICRIOS, Via Roetgen 1, I-20136 Milan, Italy. Morrison, A (reprint author), Univ Utrecht, Dept Human Geog & Spatial Planning, Heidelberglaan 2, NL-3584 CS Utrecht, Netherlands.; Morrison, A (reprint author), Bocconi Univ, ICRIOS, Via Roetgen 1, I-20136 Milan, Italy. E-Mail: a.morrison@uu.nl

摘要

The life cycle' approach has become popular in studies on industrial clusters. However, some concerns have been raised over the inherent determinism of this approach and its tendencies to focus exclusively on cluster internal dynamics while neglecting the role of external factors and socio-economic contingencies. This paper addresses these criticisms by investigating the long-term development of Castel Goffredo, a traditional textile cluster in Italy. In our analysis, we identify and characterize the main stages of the life cycle and its antecedents. We single out the main triggering factors behind each of these stages and show that a variety of factors, both external and internal to the cluster, contributed to its development. Our findings confirm that an adaptive' cycle approach, which focuses also on contingencies and external factors, appear to be appropriate for investigating the long-term evolution of clusters.