TY - JOUR
T1 - Silicon Valley in the Polder? Entrepreneurial dynamics, virtuous clusters and vicious firms in the Netherlands and Flanders
AU - Hulsink, W.
AU - Bouwman, H.
AU - Elfring, T.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - High technology starters do not operate in a vacuum, and innovation is not a solitary activity. The activities of technology
based companies take place within a social-economic framework, composed of other companies, investors, universities,
vocational institutions and others. The geographical proximity to these institutions and to infrastructure hubs will influence
the ICT companies¿ decision when choosing a location. Furthermore, many high- tech companies develop clusters in or near
areas in which their major clients are located. The topic of this article is regional clustering, within the context of Internet
and ICT technology. A dynamic model previously developed for the analysis of ICT entrepereneurship and networking will
be applied in a critical analysis of five ICT clusters in the Netherlands and Flanders(northern part of Belgium). They are: the
Louvain Technology Corridor, the Flanders Language Valley, the Amsterdam Valley, the Dommel Valley and Twente.
AB - High technology starters do not operate in a vacuum, and innovation is not a solitary activity. The activities of technology
based companies take place within a social-economic framework, composed of other companies, investors, universities,
vocational institutions and others. The geographical proximity to these institutions and to infrastructure hubs will influence
the ICT companies¿ decision when choosing a location. Furthermore, many high- tech companies develop clusters in or near
areas in which their major clients are located. The topic of this article is regional clustering, within the context of Internet
and ICT technology. A dynamic model previously developed for the analysis of ICT entrepereneurship and networking will
be applied in a critical analysis of five ICT clusters in the Netherlands and Flanders(northern part of Belgium). They are: the
Louvain Technology Corridor, the Flanders Language Valley, the Amsterdam Valley, the Dommel Valley and Twente.
M3 - Comment/Letter to the editor
SN - 1414-0896
VL - 13
SP - 7
EP - 22
JO - Revista Ciencias Administrativas
JF - Revista Ciencias Administrativas
IS - 1
ER -