Competitive Advantages through Clusters : An Empirical Study with Evidence from China

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Foreword; Acknowledgements; Outline; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Scientific-Theoretical Positioning; 1.2 Outline of this Research; 2 Current State of Knowledge on how Clusters Enable Firms to Create Competitive Advantages; 2.1 Clusters - A Seemingly Chaotic Concept24; 2.2 Review of the Main Cluster Schools of Thought; 2.3 Towards a Meaningful Definition of Clusters; 2.4 The Effect of Clusters on Firm Performance; 2.5 Summary of Findings: The Baseline Model

3 Theoretical Model of Internal Characteristics to Create Competitive Advantages through Clusters3.1 Opportunity Exploration through Entrepreneurship in Clusters; 3.2 Advantage Exploitation through Strategic Management in Clusters; 3.3 Balancing Opportunity Exploration and Advantage Exploitation throughStrategic Entrepreneurship in Clusters; 3.4 Summary of Findings: The Theoretical Model; 4 Case Study to Identify Skills that make up a Firm's ClusterCapability; 4.1 Research Setting: China; 4.2 Research Location: China's Industrial Clusters; 4.3 Research Methodology: Case Study

4.4 Analysis of Data and Findings4.5 Summary of Findings: The Conceptual Model; 5 Empirical Analysis of the Internal Characteristics and their Influence on Firm Performance; 5.1 Research Methodology: Survey; 5.2 Data Analysis Methodology: Partial Least Squares; 5.3 Analysis of the Measurement Model; 5.4 Analysis of the Structural Model and Hypothesis Testing; 5.5 Discussion of the Results; 6 Recommendations for Implementing the Identified Internal Charac-teristics into Organizational Reality; 7 Conclusion; 7.1 Summary of Results; 7.2 Limitations; 7.3 Outlook on Further Research

List of ReferencesAppendix 1: Detailed outline of this research study; Appendix 2: Remaining Landscapes of regional cluster configurations

10.1007/978-3-8349-3554-0 [DOI]

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