LEADER 03633nam 22006133 450 001 9910554257903321 005 20231110214024.0 010 $a1-4426-2215-6 010 $a1-4426-2214-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442622142 035 $a(CKB)5590000000447562 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6543604 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6543604 035 $a(OCoLC)1226069530 035 $a(DE-B1597)583328 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442622142 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106843 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000447562 100 $a20210901d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe capacity to innovate $ecluster policy and management in the biotechnology sector 210 1$aToronto :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aStudies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy 311 $a1-4426-5006-0 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tTables and Figures --$t1 Introduction --$t2 Capacity Concepts in Cluster and Innovation Research --$t3 Cluster Policy and Cluster Organizations --$t4 Cluster Analysis --$t5 The Innovation Context for Cluster Management --$t6 Concluding Remarks: Capacity Building in Biotech Clusters --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $a"In The Capacity to Innovate, Sarah Giest provides insight into the collaborative and absorptive capacities needed to provide public support to local innovation through cluster organizations. The book offers a detailed view of the vertical, multi-level, and horizontal dynamics in clusters and cluster policy and addresses how they are managed and supported. Using the biotechnology field as an example, Giest highlights challenges in the collaborative efforts of public bodies, private companies, and research institutes to establish a successful eco-system of innovation in this sector. The book argues that cluster policy in collaboration with cluster organizations should focus on absorptive and collaborative capacity elements missing in the cluster context in order to improve performance. Currently, governments operate at different levels--local to supranational--in order to support clusters, and cluster policies are often pursued in parallel to other programs. As the book shows, this can lead to uncoordinated efforts and ineffective cluster strategies. Relational dynamics are often overlooked when working backwards from performance indicators, since their effects are largely indirect but Giest demonstrates that both the cluster organization and the cluster eco-system play a role. The Capacity to Innovate advocates for a coordinated effort by government and cluster organizations to support capacity elements lacking within the specific cluster context."--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aStudies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy 606 $aIndustrial clusters 606 $aBiotechnology industries 610 $abiotechnology. 610 $acluster organizations. 610 $aclusters. 610 $aeconomic geography. 610 $agovernment capacity. 610 $ainnovation policy. 610 $aregional innovation. 615 0$aIndustrial clusters. 615 0$aBiotechnology industries. 676 $a338.6/042 686 $acci1icc$2lacc 700 $aGiest$b Sarah$01219609 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554257903321 996 $aThe capacity to innovate$92820007 997 $aUNINA