This study is concerned with the factors that influence the cooperation among clusterbased firms. Theorists have consistently demonstrated the role and importance of economic externalities, such as knowledge spillovers, within industrial clusters. Less attention has been paid to the investigation of social based externalities, though it has been suggested that these may also accrue from geographical agglomeration. This study explores the development of cooperation between firms operating in a single industry sector and in close proximity. The results suggest that social networking has a greater influence than geographic proximity in facilitating inter-firm co-operation. A semistructured questionnaire has been developed and the answers were analysed with a stepwise regression model.
Local networks to compete in the global era. The Italian SMEs experience
PETRUZZELLIS, Luca
2006-01-01
Abstract
This study is concerned with the factors that influence the cooperation among clusterbased firms. Theorists have consistently demonstrated the role and importance of economic externalities, such as knowledge spillovers, within industrial clusters. Less attention has been paid to the investigation of social based externalities, though it has been suggested that these may also accrue from geographical agglomeration. This study explores the development of cooperation between firms operating in a single industry sector and in close proximity. The results suggest that social networking has a greater influence than geographic proximity in facilitating inter-firm co-operation. A semistructured questionnaire has been developed and the answers were analysed with a stepwise regression model.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
