Clusters have increasingly dominated local and regional development policies in recent decades. "The Handbook of Research on Cluster Theory" provides a comprehensive reference source for scientists, students, policymakers and cluster managers keen to have an up-to-date overview of agglomeration and cluster theory, cluster research methods, clustering in different spatial contexts and clustering in service industries. Consequently, leading experts in the field, provide the basis for improving and evolving future research on clusters.
Contents: Preface1. IntroductionCharlie KarlssonPART I: AGGLOMERATION AND CLUSTER THEORY2. Agglomeration EconomicsPhilip McCann3. The Analysis of Location, Co-location and Urbanisation EconomiesBorje Johansson and Ulla Forslund4. The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Spatial ClustersDavid B. Audretsch and T. Taylor Aldridge5. Knowledge-based Clusters - Regional Multiplier Models and the Role of 'Buzz' and 'Pipelines' Harald Bathelt6. Clusters Formation from the 'Bottom-Up': A Process PerspectiveAndrew Atherton and Andrew Johnston7. Cluster Life Cycles: An Emerging SynthesisEdward Bergman8. Clustering in Space versus Dispersing over SpaceKaren R. PolenskePART II: CLUSTER RESEARCH METHODS9. Industrial Clusters in the Input-output Economic System Michael Sonis, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings and Dong Guo10. Cluster using Wavelet TransformationAbdullah Almasri and Ghazi ShukurPART III: CLUSTERS IN DIFFERENT SPATIAL CONTEXTS11. Industrial Districts - Theoretical and Empirical InsightsGiulio Cainelli12. Cluster Renewal in Old Industrial Regions - Continuity or Radical Change?Michaela Trippl and Franz Todtling 13. The Reciprocal Relationship between Transnationals and Clusters: A Literature ReviewFilip de Beule, Daniel van den Bulcke and Haiyan Zhang14. Diversity and the Case against Specialized ClustersPierre Desrochers, Frederic Sautet, and Gert-Jan Hospers PART IV: SECTORAL CLUSTERS15. Clustering in Financial ServicesNaresh R. Pandit, Gary A.S. Cook and Peter Swann 16. Spatial Clustering of CultureDavid E. Andersson and Ake E. Andersson17. Clustering in the Broadcasting IndustryGary A.S. Cook and Naresh R. Pandit 18. Tourism ClustersEwen J. MichaelIndex