Cluster policy and the innovative activity of industrial enterprises
https://doi.org/10.38050/01300105202148
Abstract
The purpose of the article is to assess the possibility of using cluster policy in Russia's industry as an instrument for developing dynamic competition (encouraging innovation activity). Drawing on the results of a detailed systematic review of the cluster theory, the author identifies the reason for its weak operationality: an implicit premise on entrepreneur's passive role in the innovation process. He then attempts to remove this premise by explaining the motives of company's behavior through a modified product variety model which is tested on empirical data from the U.S. and Russia. The results of testing show that at similar level of economic activity the geographical concentration of industrial enterprises in a cluster contributes to the intensification of innovation processes. A relatively more competitive behavior of firms in a cluster is explained through the theory of industrial markets and new institutional economic theory. The analysis concludes with valuable recommendations for economic policy.
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Fedorov S.I. Cluster policy and the innovative activity of industrial enterprises. Moscow University Economics Bulletin. 2021;(4):161-185. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.38050/01300105202148
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