Do birds of a feather flock together? : proximities and inter-clusters network

Sylvain Amisse, Caroline Hussler, Paul Muller, Patrick Rondé

The present contribution develops on the analysis of clusters in terms of proximities by exploring the issue of distant inter-cluster collaborations. We mobilize different forms of proximity (geographic, cognitive, social) discussed in the literature in order to identify their respective influence on intercluster collaboration by taking the example of French Pôles de Compétitivité. Our results echo previous results applied to intra-cluster collaborations since inter-cluster collaboration mostly relies on a form of social capital due to the key roles played by relational and cognitive proximity. Finally, our results exhibit a negative influence of geographic distance on collaboration.

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Year of publication:	[2011]
Authors:	Amisse, Sylvain ; Hussler, Caroline ; Muller, Paul ; Rondé, Patrick
Published in:	New challenges for European regions and urban areas in a globalised world : 51st ERSA Congress : 51st European Congress of the Regional Science Association International : 37th Spanish Regional Science Association Conference : 30th August - 3rd September 2011, Barcelona, Spain
Publisher:	[Louvain-la-Neuve] : European Regional Science Association
Subject:	clusters \| network analysis \| proximities \| intercluster collaboration \| Regionales Cluster \| Regional cluster \| Unternehmensnetzwerk \| Business network \| Soziales Netzwerk \| Social network \| Forschungskooperation \| Research collaboration \| Soziale Beziehungen \| Social relations \| Agglomerationseffekt \| Agglomeration effect \| Clusteranalyse \| Cluster analysis