Re-thinking Cluster Theory

I feel that I must first admit that I haven’t actually finished reading Porter’s The Competitive Advantage of Nations. I have it on my shelf right now but I haven’t gone past chapter two mainly because of my other academic obligations. Not to mention that it’s a very thick book. Probably thicker than War and [...]

Do Clusters Create Knowledge?

In the knowledge economy, a firm’s competitive advantage lies in its ability to exploit new knowledge faster than its competitors. To induce this, various regions in the Philippines have turned to the theory on clusters. The premise of the theory includes the following:

Knowledge is created through inter-organisational collaboration and by lumping players of a certain [...]