TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parker,Rachel
TI  - Evolution and change in industrial clusters: an analysis of Hsinchu and Sophia Antipolis
SN  - 14617145
AV  - HT395 EUR 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - sage
KW  - Evolution
KW  - Change in industrial clusterss
KW  - Hsinchu and Sophia Antipolis
N2  - The aim of this paper is to advance understandings of the processes of cluster-building and evolution, or transformative and adaptive change, through the conscious design and reflective activities of private and public actors. A model of transformation is developed which illustrates the importance of actors becoming exposed to new ideas and visions for industrial change by political entrepreneurs and external networks. Further, actors must be guided in their decision-making and action by the new vision, and this requires that they are persuaded of its viability through the provision of test cases and supportive resources and institutions. In order for new ideas to become guiding models, actors must be convinced of their desirability through the portrayal of models as a means of confronting competitive challenges and serving the economic interests of the city/region. Subsequent adaptive change is iterative and reflexive, involving a process of strategic learning amongst key industrial and political actors
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776409358244
ER  -