Spatial co-localisation of firms and entrepreneurial dynamics |
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Authors: | Piero Mella |
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Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Ricerche Aziendali, University of Pavia, Via San Felice, 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy |
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Abstract: | In this conceptual paper, I propose an interpretation of business dynamics in terms of the spatial co-localisation of firms—considered as an intelligent cognitive system—in a circumscribed area in order to form clusters of various types. I interpret clustering by adopting the methodology of multi-agent combinatory systems: that is, systems formed by collectivities of agents (firms) in which an internal feedback recombines the micro behaviours of the agents (localisation) in order to produce a macro effect (cluster) which, in turn, modifies the attractiveness of the area and conditions the subsequent localisations. I also present the idea that if a cluster has fitness advantages for new firms, then usually new entrepreneurs are formed within it and the cluster widens, due to the endogenous genesis of new firms. |
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Keywords: | Entrepreneurial dynamics Combinatory systems Co-localisation of firms Clusters of firms Districts |
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