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Knowledge-based industrial clusters are regional or urban concentrations of firms including manufacturers, suppliers and service providers, in one or more industrial sectors. These firms are supported by an infrastructure made up of universities and colleges, research institutes, financing institutions, incubators, business services and advanced communications/transportation systems. The concept of industrial clustering1 fits the notion of systems of innovation2 well since both deal with capabilities and relationships.
“Economic life develops by grace of innovating; it expands by grace of import-replacing. These two master economic processes are closely related, both being functions of city economies.”
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Voyer, R. (1998). Knowledge-Based Industrial Clustering: International Comparisons. In: de La Mothe, J., Paquet, G. (eds) Local and Regional Systems of Innovation. Economics of Science, Technology and Innovation, vol 14. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5551-3_5
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