TY  - BOOK
AU  - Giest,Sarah
TI  - The Capacity to Innovate: Cluster Policy and Management in the Biotechnology Sector
T2  - Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy Series
SN  - 9781442622159
AV  - HD9999.B442 G547 2021 
U1  - 338.476606 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Biotechnology industries
KW  - Industrial clusters
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Half Title Page -- Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Tables -- Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Biotechnology -- Methodology -- The Survey -- The Case Studies -- Case Selection -- Outline of the Book -- 2 Capacity Concepts in Cluster and Innovation Research -- The Geography of Innovation -- Systems of Innovation -- Network Sociology -- Learning and Trust -- Social Capital -- The Network as an Entity -- Clusters -- Cluster Life Cycles -- Cluster Evolution -- The Institutional Layer -- The Capacity Framework -- Capacity, Resilience, and Adaptability -- Absorptive Capacity -- 3 Cluster Policy and Cluster Organizations -- The Role of Government -- Innovation and Cluster Policy -- Evaluation Challenge -- Cluster Organizations -- Assessing Cluster Organization Activities -- Levels of Competitiveness -- Capacity Building by Cluster Organizations -- The Role of Government in Capacity Building -- The Role of Cluster Organizations in Capacity Building -- Propositions -- 4 Cluster Analysis -- The Biotechnology Sector -- Key Cluster Performance Indicators -- Medicon Valley: The Divided Cluster -- Genesis of the Cluster -- Medicon Valley Today -- Public Initiatives Supporting the Cluster -- Cluster Management -- Collaborative Capacity -- Absorptive Capacity -- Medicon Valley's Cluster Organization -- Chicago: Driver of the Midwest Super Cluster -- Genesis of the Cluster -- Chicago Biotech Today -- Public Initiatives Supporting the Cluster -- Cluster Management -- Collaborative Capacity -- Absorptive Capacity -- Standing Out in the Crowd -- Chicago's Cluster Organization -- Singapore: The Government-Driven Cluster -- Genesis of the Cluster -- Singapore Biotech Today -- Public Initiatives Supporting the Cluster -- Cluster Management -- Collaborative Capacity; Absorptive Capacity -- The Human Capital Challenge -- Singapore's Cluster Management Model -- Vancouver: Finding the Competitive Edge -- Genesis of the Cluster -- Vancouver Biotech Today -- Public Initiatives Supporting the Cluster -- Cluster Management -- Collaborative Capacity -- Absorptive Capacity -- Concluding Remarks -- Summary -- 5 The Innovation Context for Cluster Management -- Cluster Organization Characteristics -- The Capacity Mechanism -- The Outlook for Biotech Clusters -- 6 Concluding Remarks: Capacity Building in Biotech Clusters -- Summary of the Findings -- Advancing Innovation and Cluster Theory -- Limitations and Future Research Questions -- Policy Recommendations -- Changing the "Cluster Narrative" -- Beyond Locality -- Beyond Life Cycles -- Beyond One Industry -- Varieties of Cluster Management -- Policy Adaptability and the Capacity to Innovate -- References -- Index -- Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
N2  - The book develops a capacity framework for policymakers and researchers alike in order to address elements that limit the development of local innovation clusters
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