Replicability of the Silicon Valley in the North Shore City : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorSimicic, Zlatko
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-18T22:52:24Z
dc.date.available2017-05-18T22:52:24Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractOver the past decade the theory of Industrial Cluster (Porter, 1990; 1998a) has received a significant attention because of its seeming promise to change the regional economies into thriving centers of wealth and innovative excellence comparable in success to celebrated places such as Silicon Valley in San Francisco Bay area. Porter (1990; 1998a) argues that such places derive their strength from geographic concentrations of highly specialized companies that are both competing and collaborating. In his view those concentrations also lead to increased interdependencies of firms through value chain relationship and expert knowledge spillover which are further factors that also attract new companies to locate in vicinity and thus in process enhance synergetic effects of the region. This thesis provides an alternative view which, being based on local conditions, argues that concentration of specialized firms does not necessarily, implies dynamics that lead toward kind of industrial cluster described by Porter. Specifically, this thesis argues that cultural foundation play a key role in determining the degree of interfirm connectedness and whether the business collaborative dynamics and interconnectedness seen in Silicon Valley will take place. Similarly, this thesis argues that concentration of specialized companies does not have to be driven by business enhancing factors of Porter's diamond model and that may be merely driven by lifestyle concerns and needs of entrepreneurs themselves.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/11025
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectNorth Shore City (N.Z.)en_US
dc.subjectHigh technology industriesen_US
dc.subjectSpace economicsen_US
dc.subjectIndustrial locationen_US
dc.subjectUnited Statesen_US
dc.subjectCluster analysisen_US
dc.titleReplicability of the Silicon Valley in the North Shore City : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Management at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorSimicic, Zlatkoen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineManagementen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Management (M. Mgt.)en_US
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