Intermediaries and Capability Building in ‘Emerging’ Clusters

SAGE Publications - Tập 32 Số 4 - Trang 714-730 - 2014
Ian Clarke1, Matías Ramírez2
1Greenwich Business School, University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Park Row, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS, England
2Science and Technology Policy Research, The Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QE, England

Tóm tắt

Increasing attention has begun to focus on the important role that organisations undertaking intermediary functions can play in supporting emerging clusters of small producers. In contrast to most studies of intermediaries that focus on governance and filling information gaps, in this paper we examine how the organisational skills of intermediaries evolve as firms in the cluster assume a broader range of practices. Through a purpose-built typology and a detailed case study, the argument is made not only that intermediaries act to facilitate the diffusion of knowledge but also that their scope of activities, extending into coordinating joint actions and new investment initiatives, places them at the centre of the network of organisations. This growing influence of intermediaries has implications for producer firms, especially in aspects such as inclusion of smaller producers and network formation.

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