Geographical clustering and firm growth: Differential growth performance among clustered firms |
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Authors: | Chang-Yang Lee |
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Institution: | College of Business, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Hoegiro 85, Dongdaemun-Gu, Seoul, 02455, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | This paper investigates the effect of being located in a cluster on firm growth. In particular, it focuses on the differential growth effect of being located in a cluster, or a growth divide among clustered firms, based on the idea that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, advantages of geographical clustering are not randomly or equally available to clustered firms. Due to the intense competition among clustered firms for resources such as creative talent, firms who are more attractive to the resources are more likely to entice better resources and hence achieve higher growth. Our empirical analysis of firms in nine industries across six countries shows that being located in a cluster per se does not have a positive effect on firm growth and that domestic technological leaders with a sufficient technological distance to the global technological frontier show differentially higher growth due both to the attractiveness to promising resources and to the opportunity for incoming knowledge spillovers from global technological leaders. |
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Keywords: | L1 L2 Cluster Firm growth Differential effects Knowledge spillovers |
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