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Cluster Innovation Mechanism and Its External Effects on China's Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

Year: 2006

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The competitive advantage of cluster firms includes the cost (basic) and the innovation (long-term) advantages. As a new virtual organizational structure of firms, cluster could effectively combine SMEs' innovation vitality with the innovation scale economy of cluster, cultivating SMEs' distinguished innovation capabilities. This paper starts with the horizontal as well as vertical level of cooperation and competition behavior among the cluster firms. Then it explores the cluster innovation mechanism for the Chinese SMEs, and its potential external economic and non-economic effects on the Chinese SMEs. It is concluded that cluster innovation will be a feasible option for the Chinese SME industrial cluster in gaining innovation advantage in the long run

Source: Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET)

DOI: 10.1109/picmet.2006.296624

Authors: Guangya Xie, Xinghan Liu, Liqin Ren, Koos Krabbendam

Institutions: Beijing University of Technology, University of Twente

Language: English

Topic: Regional Development and Innovation

Subfield: Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2017061736

FWCI: 2.139

Cites: 9

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10