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A theoretical model of values and behaviors that shape technology region emergence in developing contexts

Authors: Brett Anitra Gilbert, Yuanyuan Li, Andres Velez-Calle, Marcus Crews

Published in: Small Business Economics | Issue 1/2020

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The research on emerging cluster regions often focuses on infrastructure that is needed to create these regions at the macro-economic level, with minimal consideration of the micro-level human factors that drive these regions. In this study, we develop a theoretical model of micro-level behaviors—that is individual level—that are needed within regions to produce the knowledge, entrepreneurial, and market making functions of innovation systems. Our core argument is that it is through a critical mass of individuals with these behaviors, that an innovation system that supports technology regions will emerge.

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Title: A theoretical model of values and behaviors that shape technology region emergence in developing contexts
Authors: Brett Anitra Gilbert
Yuanyuan Li
Andres Velez-Calle
Marcus Crews
Publication date: 30-01-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Small Business Economics / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 0921-898X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0913
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-019-00137-w

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