caa a22 4500 445877855 CHVBK 20180317145533.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11187-011-9352-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11187-011-9352-5 Klepper Steven Department of Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA aut Nano-economics, spinoffs, and the wealth of regions [Elektronische Daten] [Steven Klepper] The historical evolution of four prominent industry clusters is compared: automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, tires in Akron, Ohio, semiconductors in Silicon Valley, California, and cotton garments in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Detailed data are collected concerning the intellectual and geographic origins of entrants into the clusters and other regions to probe the mechanisms underlying geographic clustering. The main mechanism at work in the four clusters involves employees leaving established firms to found their own firms or shape new entrants in their industry. Questions and policy implications related to the spinoff mechanism and the mobility of employees are discussed. Research Institute of Industrial Economics, 2011 Spinoffs nationallicence Clusters nationallicence Agglomeration economies nationallicence Small Business Economics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/2(2011-09-01), 141-154 0921-898X 37:2<141 2011 37 11187 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-011-9352-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-011-9352-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Klepper Steven Department of Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Small Business Economics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/2(2011-09-01), 141-154 0921-898X 37:2<141 2011 37 11187 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer