Cluster perpetuation: Maintenance of competitive advantages over time. The case of Chile's large north

Industrial clusters last if they can maintain over time the competitive advantages arisen from external economies and joint actions developed in the cluster itself. The trend towards relocation of activities outside the cluster, in other geographical areas, may be restrained by a number of inhibitin...

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Published in:Resources policy 2017-12, Vol.54, p.176-188
Main Authors: Pezoa-Fuentes, Claudia, Vidal-Suñé, Antoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abandonment
Agglomeration of economies
Belonging
Cluster
Clustering
Clusters
Collective efficiency
Companies
Competitive advantage
Constraints
Copper
Density
Mining
Networks
Norms
Perpetuation
Proximity
Regression analysis
Relocation
Statistical analysis
Strategy
Values
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Summary:Industrial clusters last if they can maintain over time the competitive advantages arisen from external economies and joint actions developed in the cluster itself. The trend towards relocation of activities outside the cluster, in other geographical areas, may be restrained by a number of inhibiting factors or barriers relating to the exit or abandonment of the cluster, such as the sense of belonging to the cluster, the density of the network of relationships established, the existence of shared norms and values, and the institutional framework of the cluster. Thus, the greater the presence of these factors is, the lower companies’ trend to leave the cluster will be. This paper analyses the cluster perpetuation model, based on the calculation of the probability of activity relocation, applied to the Antofagasta (Chile) mining cluster, using a multiple binary logistic regression. •The COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE arises from the external economies and the joint actions developed in the same cluster.•The tendency to relocate their activities outside the cluster may be hampered by factors related to exit barriers.•The feeling of belonging in the Cluster of Companies depends on the density of the relations by the Companies that belong to the cluster.
ISSN:0301-4207
1873-7641
DOI:10.1016/j.resourpol.2017.10.001