Industrial Clusters

Knowledge, Innovation Systems and Sustainability in the UK

John F. Wilson, Chris Corker, Joe Lane

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Routledge
29 January 2024

Economic history; Management & management techniques; Knowledge management; Industry & industrial studies

Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

Industrial Clusters shows the latest state of knowledge on the topic of industrial clusters, with a particular focus on clustering in the UK, bringing together a chronological coverage of the phenomenon.

This set of original essays by a group of leading business and industrial historians offers fresh perspectives about clusters and clustering. A primary emphasis of the collection is how knowledge is generated and disseminated across a cluster, and whether these processes stimulated innovation and consequently longer-term sustainability. This analysis also prompts questions about which unit of analysis to examine, from the entrepreneurs and firms they created through to the industry as a whole and district in which they are located, or whether one should look outside the region for explanatory factors. Covering regions as diverse as North Wales, the Scottish Highlands, the City of London, the Potteries, Sheffield and Lancashire, the essays have been channelled to provide a detailed understanding of these issues. The editors have also provided a challenging Conclusion that suggests a new research agenda that could well unravel some of the mysteries associated with clustering.

This edited collection will be of interest to international researchers, academics and students in the fields of business and management history, innovation, industrialisation and clusters.

Edited by: John F. Wilson, Chris Corker, Joe Lane
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 539g
ISBN: 9781032298122
ISBN 10: 103229812X
Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Industrial clusters in Great Britain: framing the debate John F. Wilson, Chris Corker and Joe Lane 2. Industrial districts, entrepreneurship and the economic geography of Great Britain, 1851-1911 Harry Smith, Robert J. Bennett and Carry van Lieshout 3. The evolution of business networks and clusters David Charles 4. The evolution of the North East England electronics sector David Charles and John F. Wilson 5. Industrial clustering in a peripheral region: Path dependence and creation in the Scottish Highlands Niall G. MacKenzie & Andrew Perchard 6. Forging ahead – the men behind the industrialisation of the Denbighshire coalfield Bethan Lloyd Atkinson 7. Occupational change and the new knowledge economy; the case of Coventry city J. Begley 8. The City of London as an industrial cluster since 1980 Mark Billings & Simon Mollan 9. Knowledge, identity and cooperation in an early industrial cluster: The Potteries in 1775 Joe Lane 10. The Sheffield innovation system 1860-1914: steel, armaments, metallurgy and education Chris Corker 11. The City of financing regions and industrial clusters in the nineteenth century Victoria Barnes & Lucy Newton 12. On the periphery? Autonomy, localism and community in a Lancashire cotton weaving district, Harle Syke c.1840-1936 J. Southern 13. Critical perspectives on industrial clusters Chris Corker, Joe Lane and John F. Wilson

John F. Wilson is Professor of Business History at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK. Chris Corker is Lecturer in Management at the University of York Management School, UK. Joe Lane is Lecturer in Strategy at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK.