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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

The Story of Cluster as a Cross-Boundary Concept: From Local Development to Management Studies

Authors : Annalisa Caloffi, Luciana Lazzeretti, Silvia Rita Sedita

Published in: Agglomeration and Firm Performance

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The chapter explores in an original manner the evolutionary trajectories of the cluster concept over time through the application of analytical tools coming from the realm of bibliometric analysis and social network analysis. In particular, we build on a previous work (Lazzeretti et al. J Econ Geogr 14(1), 21–43; 2014) to observe the evolution of the cluster literature alongside two main dimensions: (1) publication outlets and (2) paper keywords. Our analysis confirms the interdisciplinary character of the cluster concept, with the presence of publication outlets from different research fields. However, the contribution of management and innovation studies increases over time. The longitudinal analysis of the keywords confirms this trend and reveals that the cluster literature is evolving from economic and sociological-related issues to management-related topics, where innovation and firm performance are the leading issues.

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Footnotes
1
The choice of ISI as the referring database was motivated by its widespread international use for rating the research output of scientists in every discipline. However, in Lazzeretti et al. (2014), we also acknowledge the limitations of such database for research purposes.
 
2
As explained in detail in Lazzeretti et al. (2014), we chose to consider both the cluster and the industrial district, because these two concepts are strongly interconnected (see also McEvily and Zaheer 1999; Porter and Ketels 2009).
 
3
Note that the nodes that are included in an island can also be connected to other external nodes, which are not part of the same island. After several trials, we choose to identify islands in the range 3–20, which means that the minimum size of the island must be 3 nodes, while the maximum must be 20 nodes (keywords, in our case).
 
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Metadata
Title
The Story of Cluster as a Cross-Boundary Concept: From Local Development to Management Studies
Authors
Annalisa Caloffi
Luciana Lazzeretti
Silvia Rita Sedita
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Agglomeration and Firm Performance

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-90574-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-90575-4

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90575-4_8