Agglomeration and Firm Performance

Front Matter ....Pages i-ix
 Cluster Advantage and Firm Performance: A Shift into the Future!  (Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver, Fiorenza Belussi)....Pages 1-7
Front Matter ....Pages 9-9
 Effects of Being Located in a Cluster on Economic Actors  (Dirk Fornahl, Nils Grashof, Cathrin Söllner)....Pages 11-24
 Pathways of Innovation: The I-District Effect Revisited  (Rafael Boix, Vittorio Galletto, Fabio Sforzi)....Pages 25-46
 Does Innovation Trigger the Internationalisation of Clusters?: The Case of Polish Boiler-Making Cluster  (Barbara Jankowska, Marta Götz)....Pages 47-62
 Inward FDI and Skilled Labour Force in Veneto Industrial Districts  (Mariachiara Barzotto, Ilaria Mariotti)....Pages 63-79
Front Matter ....Pages 81-81
 Marshallian Industrial District Evolution: Technological Impacts and Firms’ Heterogeneity  (Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver, Liney Manjarres-Henríquez, Carles Boronat-Moll)....Pages 83-93
 Where Should I Locate My Hotel? An In-Depth Analysis of the Cluster Effect on Hotel Performance  (Angel Peiró-Signes, Marival Segarra-Oña, Rohit Verma, Luis Miret-Pastor)....Pages 95-122
 The Story of Cluster as a Cross-Boundary Concept: From Local Development to Management Studies  (Annalisa Caloffi, Luciana Lazzeretti, Silvia Rita Sedita)....Pages 123-137
 How Local Knowledge Networks and Firm Internal Characteristics Evolve Across Time Inside Science Parks  (Isabel Díez-Vial, Ángeles Montoro-Sánchez)....Pages 139-153
 The Role of Leading Firms in Explaining Evolutionary Paths of Growth: Italian and Turkish Clusters on the Move  (F. Belussi, A. Caloffi)....Pages 155-188
 New Roles for Supporting Organizations in Clusters: Enhancing Connectedness in Knowledge Networks  (Jose Antonio Belso-Martinez, Maria Jose Lopez-Sanchez, Rosario Mateu-Garcia)....Pages 189-204
Front Matter ....Pages 205-205
 Endogenous Rerouting and Longevity in Systemic Organisations of Production  (Marco Bellandi, Lisa De Propris, Erica Santini)....Pages 207-221
 Natural Disasters and Firm Resilience in Italian Industrial Districts  (Giulio Cainelli, Andrea Fracasso, Giuseppe Vittucci Marzetti)....Pages 223-243
 Coping with Economic Crisis: Cluster Associations and Firm Performance in the Basque Country  (Isabel González-Bravo, Santiago M. López, Jesús M. Valdaliso)....Pages 245-262
 Italian Industrial Districts and the 2008 Recession  (Giorgio Brunello, Monica Langella)....Pages 263-281
 Industrial Districts/Clusters and Smart Specialisation Policies  (Fiorenza Belussi, Michaela Trippl)....Pages 283-308
 Cluster Advantage and Firm Performance: A Concluding Remark  (Fiorenza Belussi, Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver)....Pages 309-324