How do technology clusters emerge and become sustainable?: Social network formation and inter-firm mobility within the San Diego biotechnology cluster |
| |
Authors: | Steven Casper |
| |
Affiliation: | Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences, 535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA 91711, United States |
| |
Abstract: | Regional technology clusters are an important source of economic development, yet in biotechnology few successful clusters exist. Previous research links successful clusters to heightened innovation capacity achieved through the existence of social ties linking individuals across companies. Less understood are the mechanisms by which such networks emerge. The article uses social network analysis to examine the emergence of social networks linking senior managers employed in biotechnology firms in San Diego, California. Labor mobility within the region has forged a large network linking managers and firms, while ties linking managers of an early company, Hybritech, formed a network backbone anchoring growth in the region. |
| |
Keywords: | Biotechnology Social network analysis Careers Technology clusters Innovation |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录! |
|