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100	1		_aPlum, Oliver _eauthor
245	1	0	_aAnalysing the knowledge base configuration that drives southwest Saxony’s automotive firms _cOliver Plum and Robert Hassink
264	1		_aLondon, _bsage, _c2013
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
440			_aEuropean Urban and Regional Studies _vVolume 20, number 2
520	3		_aSo far little research has been undertaken on analysing automotive clusters from a knowledge base perspective. Existing studies provide ambiguous hints as to which knowledge base is crucial for automotive manufacturing and innovation processes. This article therefore aims to analyse the knowledge base configuration of automotive clusters in more detail. It does so by investigating the nature and geography of knowledge sourcing and interactive innovation processes of southwest Saxony’s automotive firms. Drawing on face-to-face interviews with representatives of 58 firms and social network analyses of knowledge transfers we show that the firms rely heavily on the synthetic knowledge base whereas the analytical knowledge base is comparatively weak. In the face of its precarious position between the highly innovative western automotive centres and the low-cost sites in central and eastern Europe, it is at least uncertain whether this knowledge base configuration will safeguard the clusters’ competitiveness in the long run.
650			_aAnalysing the knowledge base _vBase configuration _xSouthwest Saxony’s automotive firms
700	1		_aHassink, Robert _eco-author
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0969776412454127
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