Social Capital And Business Development In High Technology Clusters

Download or read book Social Capital and Business Development in High-Technology Clusters written by Neslihan Aydogan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The economics of regional clusters, where business formation, technological innovation, and the emergence of a highly-skilled labor force converge, has become a popular topic. This fascinating book applies a variety of tools and models to analyze, in depth, the formation and growth of high-tech clusters. It does this first by exploring the institutional forces that promote the failure or success of such agglomerations, and then by focusing on the dynamics of the labor force.