The Capacity to Innovate: Cluster Policy and Management in the Biotechnology Sector (Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy, 60) - Hardcover

Giest, Sarah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1442650060 ISBN 13: 9781442650060

Verlag: University of Toronto Press, 2021

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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 ecosystem 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 - from the local to the supranational - in order to support clusters, and cluster policies are often pursued alongside other programs, leading to uncoordinated efforts and ineffective cluster strategies. The Capacity to Innovate advocates for a coordinated effort by government and cluster organizations to support capacity elements lacking within the specific cluster context.

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Sarah Giest is an assistant professor in the Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1442650060
• ISBN 13: 9781442650060
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 200
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