The Cluster as Market Organisation Export

@article{maskelllorenzen04, abstract = {This paper views clusters as a specific spatial configuration of the economy suitable for the creation, transfer and usage of knowledge. It investigates how the modern exchange-economy becomes organised as rent-seeking firms build network relations to create knowledge and obtain resource efficiency while keeping transaction costs at bay. It moves on to consider the cluster as an emerging, self-organising, attractive alternative for interfirm relationships in cases where (global) network formation becomes a less feasible strategy. The paper empirically investigates two industries where clustering for different reasons might be considered superior to other forms of market organisation.}, author = {Maskell, Peter and Lorenzen, Mark}, citeulike-article-id = {3280275}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://usj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/long/41/5-6/991}, journal = {Urban Studies}, keywords = {cluster, geography, knowledge}, month = {May}, number = {5/6}, pages = {991--1009}, posted-at = {2008-09-17 15:16:45}, priority = {2}, title = {The Cluster as Market Organisation}, url = {http://usj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/long/41/5-6/991}, volume = {41}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - maskelllorenzen04 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3280275 N2 - This paper views clusters as a specific spatial configuration of the economy suitable for the creation, transfer and usage of knowledge. It investigates how the modern exchange-economy becomes organised as rent-seeking firms build network relations to create knowledge and obtain resource efficiency while keeping transaction costs at bay. It moves on to consider the cluster as an emerging, self-organising, attractive alternative for interfirm relationships in cases where (global) network formation becomes a less feasible strategy. The paper empirically investigates two industries where clustering for different reasons might be considered superior to other forms of market organisation. IS - 5/6 JF - Urban Studies EP - 1009 TI - The Cluster as Market Organisation VL - 41 SP - 991 KW - cluster KW - geography KW - knowledge AU - Maskell, Peter AU - Lorenzen, Mark PY - 2004/05// UR - http://usj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/long/41/5-6/991 ER -