Vernay, Anne-Lorene, D'Ippolito, Beatrice orcid.org/0000-0003-0778-4373 and Pinkse, Jonatan (2018) Can the government create a vibrant cluster? Understanding the impact of cluster policy on the development of a cluster. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. pp. 901-919. ISSN 0898-5626
Abstract
Research has debated to what extent policy measures can facilitate or contribute to the development of clusters. This article contributes to this debate by questioning how the government can create a cluster that is self-organizing and vibrant but also maintain sufficient influence to continue using the cluster as a policy instrument. Taking the perspective of cluster members, the article investigates how members perceive the ambiguous role of the government in a government-supported cluster. It analyses to what extent cluster members value a government-supported cluster and whether they perceive the government as one that facilitates or hinders them in self-organizing the cluster. Empirical evidence is derived from a case study of a French cluster established as a result of a cluster policy initiative and which has recently been required to fulfil a new set of objectives by the same government. The findings suggest that government-supported clusters can self-organize if members are given the opportunity, but with the consequence that it becomes difficult for the government to fully control such clusters. To continue steering the cluster’s development, the government would have to leverage the technology gatekeepers’ power by designing policies that allow gatekeepers to translate government objectives into meaningful objectives for themselves.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | Cluster policy,cluster initiative,cluster participation,energy cluster |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Management School |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2018 09:00 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2025 17:21 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2018.1501611 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/08985626.2018.1501611 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:133366 |
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