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  • 2002
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Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Pittsburgh

By: Michael E. Porter
This regional report examines the composition and performance of the Pittsburgh regional economy, how industry clusters developed and innovation arose, how clusters affected the region's economic future, and how the region can establish a strategy and action program to... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; Pittsburgh
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Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Pittsburgh." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, April 2002. (Report.)
  • 2001
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Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Atlanta-Columbus

By: Michael E. Porter
This regional report examines the composition and performance of the Atlanta regional economy, how industry clusters developed and innovation arose, how clusters affected the region's economic future, and how the region can establish a strategy and action program to... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; Atlanta
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Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Atlanta-Columbus." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, December 2001. (Report.)
  • 2014
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Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

By: Aaron Chatterji, Edward Glaeser and William R. Kerr
This chapter reviews recent academic work on the spatial concentration of entrepreneurship and innovation in the United States. We discuss rationales for the agglomeration of these activities and the economic consequences of clusters. We identify and discuss policies... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Agglomeration; Clusters; Place Making; Industry Clusters; Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; United States
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Chatterji, Aaron, Edward Glaeser, and William R. Kerr. "Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation." In Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 14, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, 129–166. University of Chicago Press, 2014.
  • 2002
  • Other Unpublished Work

Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Research Triangle

By: Michael E. Porter
This regional report examines the composition and performance of the Research Triangle regional economy, how industry clusters developed and innovation arose, how clusters affected the region's economic future, and how the region can establish a strategy and action... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; North Carolina
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Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Research Triangle." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, January 2002. (Report.)
  • 2020
  • Working Paper

Tech Clusters

By: William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud
Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business competitiveness, and economic performance. This paper reviews what constitutes a tech cluster, how they function internally, and the degree to which policy makers can purposefully... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Agglomeration; Innovation; Industry Clusters; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Patents
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Kerr, William R., and Frederic Robert-Nicoud. "Tech Clusters." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-063, November 2019. (Revised June 2020.)
  • Summer 2020
  • Article

Tech Clusters

By: William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud
Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business competitiveness, and economic performance. This paper reviews what constitutes a tech cluster, how they function internally, and the degree to which policy makers can purposefully... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Agglomeration; Innovation; Industry Clusters; Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship; Patents
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Kerr, William R., and Frederic Robert-Nicoud. "Tech Clusters." Journal of Economic Perspectives 34, no. 3 (Summer 2020): 50–76.
  • 2001
  • Other Unpublished Work

Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Wichita

By: Michael E. Porter
This study contains a conceptual framework for assessing the competitiveness of regional economies, an analysis of the Wichita region overall, as well as detailed assessments of two representative clusters—aerospace vehicles and defense and plastics. The report... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; Industrial Products Industry; Aerospace Industry; Kansas
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Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Wichita." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, October 2001. (Report.)
  • 2001
  • Other Unpublished Work

Clusters of Innovation Initiative: San Diego

By: Michael E. Porter
The study contains a conceptual framework for assessing the competitiveness of regional economies, an analysis of the San Diego region overall, as well as detailed assessments of two representative clusters—biotechnology/pharmaceuticals and communications. The report... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; Biotechnology Industry; Communications Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; San Diego
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Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation Initiative: San Diego." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, May 2001. (Report.)
  • 2005
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Cluster und Innovation

By: Christian H.M. Ketels
Keywords: Innovation and Invention
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Ketels, Christian H.M. "Cluster und Innovation." In Digitale Fachbibliothek Innovationsmanagement, edited by Heiko Barske, Alexander Gerybadze, Lars Hünninghausen, and Tom Sommerlatte. Dusseldorf, Germany: Symposion Publishing GmbH, 2005.Electronic
  • 09 May 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Clusters of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Keywords: by Aaron Chatterji, Edward Glaeser & William Kerr
  • Article

What to Know About Locating in a Cluster

By: Willy C. Shih and Sen Chai
As a study of two industry clusters in Denmark shows, factors that can make clusters attractive—easy people movement and knowledge spillovers—can also make it harder for individual companies to retain proprietary knowledge. View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Clustering; Competitiveness; Life Sciences; Telecommunications; Science-based; Research And Development; Industry Clusters; Research; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Geographic Location; Pharmaceutical Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Denmark
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Shih, Willy C., and Sen Chai. "What to Know About Locating in a Cluster." Art. 57117. MIT Sloan Management Review 57, no. 1 (Fall 2015): 104–107.
  • 2001
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Clusters of Innovation: Regional Foundations of U.S. Competitiveness

By: Michael E. Porter
Competitiveness has tended to be seen primarily from a federal perspective, and national policies and circumstances surely affect the prosperity of our economy. However, the Clusters of Innovation Initiative was undertaken with the realization that the real work of... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; United States
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Porter, Michael E. "Clusters of Innovation: Regional Foundations of U.S. Competitiveness." Council on Competitiveness, Washington, DC, October 2001. (Report.)
  • 30 Sep 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation

Keywords: by William R. Kerr; Technology
  • March 2017
  • Teaching Plan

The Maine Food Cluster Project

By: Karen Mills
The case introduces Craig Denekas, the head of the Libra Foundation, an unusual, private foundation based in Maine, which owns three locally based food companies. Denekas has initiated a project to explore how to grow the food sector in Maine, benefiting not only... View Details
Keywords: Maine; Clusters; Libra Foundation; Locally-based Companies; Food Industry; Development Economics; Industry Clusters; Food; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Maine
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Mills, Karen. "The Maine Food Cluster Project." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 317-107, March 2017.
  • 2002
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A View of Ontario: Ontario's Clusters of Innovation

By: Michael E. Porter
In Working Paper 1, A view of Ontario: Ontario's clusters of innovation, we reviewed the importance of clusters of traded industries to an economy's productivity, innovation, and standard of living. Professor Michael Porter of the Institute for Strategy and... View Details
Keywords: Economics; Growth and Development; Canada
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Porter, Michael E. "A View of Ontario: Ontario's Clusters of Innovation." Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity, April 2002.
  • January 2010
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Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation

By: William R. Kerr
We investigate the speed at which clusters of invention for a technology migrate spatially following breakthrough inventions. We identify breakthrough inventions as the top one percent of U.S. inventions for a technology during 1975-1984 in terms of subsequent... View Details
Keywords: History; Technological Innovation; Patents; Labor; Immigration; United States
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Kerr, William R. "Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation." Journal of Urban Economics 67, no. 1 (January 2010): 46–60.
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation

By: William R. Kerr
We investigate the speed at which clusters of invention for a technology migrate spatially following breakthrough inventions. We identify breakthrough inventions as the top one percent of US inventions for a technology during 1975-1984 in terms of subsequent citations.... View Details
Keywords: Geographic Location; Immigration; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Patents; Industry Clusters; United States
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Kerr, William R. "Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-020, September 2009.
  • 2010
  • Chapter

Breakthrough Inventions and the Growth of Innovation Clusters

By: William R. Kerr
This report provides a comprehensive look at the role of innovation in promoting economic and social development. It examines the impact of innovation on the economic growth of developing countries and the future role of technological innovation in international... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Developing Countries and Economies; Society; Growth and Development; Climate Change; Social Issues; Industry Clusters; Business and Government Relations
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Kerr, William R. "Breakthrough Inventions and the Growth of Innovation Clusters." In The Innovation for Development Report 2010-2011, edited by Augusto Lopez-Claros, 103–107. Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
  • 28 Dec 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries

Tech Clusters

Keywords: by William R. Kerr and Frederic Robert-Nicoud
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation

By: William R. Kerr
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Kerr, William R. "Breakthrough Inventions and Migrating Clusters of Innovation." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 15443, October 2009.
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