tci2013 the change of cluster specialization through the process of globalization

The change of cluster specialization through the process of globalizationMads Bruun Ingstrup & Poul Rind Christensen

Academic Summit: Transnational cluster collaboration

4 September 2013

The Change of Cluster Specialization through the Process of Globalization

Mads Bruun Ingstrup and Poul Rind Christensen

Globalization is weakening the inner dynamics of clusters

The local cluster production system is being split up

Globalization is fostering clusters because of the concentration of for example knowledge, innovation and spillovers

Exploring how and to which extend the

specialization of clusters changes as a

result of how globalization influences the

organization of production within them

Clusters should be understood as configurations that:

comprise a proximity and a specialization

encompass competing and cooperating actors

and produce positive spilloversMarshall (1920), Porter (1998)

Cluster types

Andersen et al. (2006)

Global value chain perspective

(Gereffi et al., 2001; Gereffi et al., 2005)

How clusters take part in systems of global

production and how this affects the local

economic development and upgrading

Bair and Gereffi (2001), Humphrey and

Schmitz (2002) and Sturgeon et al. (2008)

Division of labor

Pre-production activities

Production activities

Post-production activities

R&DDesign

ConstructionProduction planning

ProcurementTraining

Market analyses

ProductionSurveillanceMonitoringLogisticsRepair

Programming

Quality checkDocumentation

TransportMontage

Customer serviceSales

Marketing

Banff et al. (2004)

Research Method

A qualitative, descriptive, comparative and

theoretically informed case study (Sayer, 1992)

Main source of information is secondary data.

Publications like ‘Business clusters in times of

pressure’ and ‘When milk transforms into steel’

Up-coming interviews with key actors

representing triple helix in the two clusters

The Textile & Fashion Cluster Mid-Jutland

Productionactivities

Pre-productionactivities

Post-productionactivitiesIn the cluster

Outside thecluster

The Stainless Steel Cluster Triangle Region

Productionactivities

Pre-productionactivities

Post-productionactivities

In the cluster

Outside thecluster

Producer driven

Buyer driven

Pre-Production

The Textile &Fashion Cluster

Mid-Jutland

ProductionThe StainlessSteel Cluster

Triangle Region

Post-production

The Textile &Fashion Cluster

Mid-Jutland

Change in specializationThe Textile & Fashion Cluster Mid-

Jutland

Change in specializationThe Stainless Steel Cluster Triangle

Region

Contact

Assistant ProfessorMads Bruun Ingstrup, PhDUniversity of Southern

Denmark

Phone: +4565501329E-mail: mbi@sam.sdu.dkWeb:

www.sdu.dk/staff/mbi.aspx

ProfessorPoul Rind Christensen, PhDUniversity of Southern Denmark

Phone: +4541611735E-mail: rind@sam.sdu.dkWeb: www.sdu.dk/staff/prc.aspx