TY  - BOOK
AU  - Giest,Sarah
TI  - The Capacity to Innovate: Cluster Policy and Management in the Biotechnology Sector 
T2  - Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy
SN  - 9781442650060
U1  - 338.6/042 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Biotechnology industries
KW  - Industrial clusters
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - biotechnology
KW  - cluster organizations
KW  - clusters
KW  - economic geography
KW  - government capacity
KW  - innovation policy
KW  - regional innovation
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Capacity Concepts in Cluster and Innovation Research --; 3 Cluster Policy and Cluster Organizations --; 4 Cluster Analysis --; 5 The Innovation Context for Cluster Management --; 6 Concluding Remarks: Capacity Building in Biotech Clusters --; References --; Index; restricted access
N2  - In The Capacity to Innovate, Sarah Giest provides insight into the collaborative and absorptive capacities needed to provide public support to local innovation through cluster organizations. The book offers a detailed view of the vertical, multi-level, and horizontal dynamics in clusters and cluster policy and addresses how they are managed and supported. Using the biotechnology field as an example, Giest highlights challenges in the collaborative efforts of public bodies, private companies, and research institutes to establish a successful ecosystem of innovation in this sector. The book argues that cluster policy in collaboration with cluster organizations should focus on absorptive and collaborative capacity elements missing in the cluster context in order to improve performance. Currently, governments operate at different levels – from the local to the supranational – in order to support clusters, and cluster policies are often pursued alongside other programs, leading to uncoordinated efforts and ineffective cluster strategies. The Capacity to Innovate advocates for a coordinated effort by government and cluster organizations to support capacity elements lacking within the specific cluster context
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442622142
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781442622142
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781442622142/original
ER  -