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Competitive Advantages through Clusters

An Empirical Study with Evidence from China

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Authors:
  1. Saša Šarić

    1. Shanghai, P.R. China

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  • T?he capacity of clusters to promote regional economic development and national prosperity
  • The role of local industrial policy in creating new clusters

Part of the book series: Strategisches Kompetenz-Management (SKM)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
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  2. Introduction

    • Saša Šarić
    Pages 1-9

  3. Current State of Knowledge on how Clusters Enable Firms to Create Competitive Advantages

    • Saša Šarić
    Pages 11-62

  4. Theoretical Model of Internal Characteristics to Create Competitive Advantages through Clusters

    • Saša Šarić
    Pages 63-95

  5. Case Study to Identify Skills that make up a Firm’s Cluster-Capability

    • Saša Šarić
    Pages 97-145

  6. Empirical Analysis of the Internal Characteristics and their Influence on Firm Performance

    • Saša Šarić
    Pages 147-195

  7. Recommendations for Implementing the Identified Internal Characteristics into Organizational Reality

    • Saša Šarić
    Pages 197-202

  8. Conclusion

    • Saša Šarić
    Pages 203-208

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 209-236
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About this book

The world over, clusters are home to leading firms and institutions that compete on the edge of technology. They can be found in developed and developing countries alike and comprise such famous ones as Silicon Valley, London ‟s financial center, ceramic tile and fashion in north Italy, wine in Bordeaux, automotive in Stuttgart and Munich, software in Bangalore, and manufacturing in China ‟s Pearl-river delta. Today they are studied by a variety of scholars from different fields including economists, social scientists, and strategists, but also by a growing number of business practitioners and policy makers.3 As a result, knowledge on the capacity of clusters to promote regional economic development and national prosperity and the role of local industrial policy in creating new clusters has increased rapidly in recent years The present research is best described as being exploratory in nature. It elaborates and extends existing theory. By doing so, it takes up a distinct position within scientific theory that is defined by three levels of analysis: (1) the meta-methodological level, (2) the methodological level, and (3) the theoretical level.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Shanghai, P.R. China

    Saša Šarić

About the author

Dr. Sasa Saric wrote his dissertation at the Tongji University in Shanghai, China under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Christian Pfohl from the Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany where he also received his doctoral degree.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Competitive Advantages through Clusters

  • Book Subtitle: An Empirical Study with Evidence from China

  • Authors: Saša Šarić

  • Series Title: Strategisches Kompetenz-Management

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-3554-0

  • Publisher: Gabler Verlag Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Gabler Verlag | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH 2012

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-8349-3553-3Published: 16 March 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-8349-3554-0Published: 31 March 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 236

  • Number of Illustrations: 48 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Entrepreneurship

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