Relations among Clusters

† Both authors are listed in no particular order and both contributed equally to the paper.

Abstract

Many papers on economic geography have analysed industrial clusters, but few have addressed the relations among clusters. This paper discusses three types of relations among clusters to better understand why they occur and the roles that human resources, capital, knowledge and markets play in such relations. It provides theoretical ideas, empirical illustrations and suggestions for future research on the relations among clusters in a globalized economy.

Acknowledgements

The first author would like to thank all his colleagues at the Institute of Industrial Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, and thank doctorial candidate Wenxi Tang from School of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, for their suggestions for revising the paper. Both authors are indebted to the two referees and chief editor of the EPS Professor Philip Cooke for their comments on the previous draft.

Notes

† Both authors are listed in no particular order and both contributed equally to the paper.