The use of clusters to build an ICT industry
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
Informing Science Institute
Faculty
Faculty of Business and Public Management
School
School of Business
RAS ID
2575
Abstract
The potential in the Information and Computer Technology (ICT) sector to generate economic development and create pathways for a region into the Knowledge Economy (KE) has become widely accepted. Underpinning the theoretical understanding of what KE can offer has been the practical application of Porter’s competitive theory relating to industry cluster development. The increasing role of clusters in KE and a greater focus on regional growth is seen in the development of a variety of dedicated techno logy zones aiming to emulate the success of Silicon Valley in the Unit ed States, the site of the original modern IT cluster.
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Comments
Maguire, D. (2003). The use of clusters to build an ICT industry. In Proceedings of INSITE 2003: Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Available here.