TY  - SER
AU  - Karreman, Bas 
AU  - Burger, Martijn J. 
AU  - Eenennaam, Fred van 
TI  - Revealed competition between cluster organizations: An exploratory analysis of the European life sciences sector
PY  - 2019///
PB  - Sage
KW  - Cluster organizations,
KW  - cluster policy,
KW  - competition,
KW  - Europe
KW  -  life sciences
N2  - Extant cluster policy research has largely ignored the particular role that cluster organizations play in reifying cluster policies in practice. Based on a survey of 163 cluster organizations in the European life sciences sector, this study explores the heterogeneity of cluster organizations in geographic space and examines whether and where revealed competition – defined as the combined overlap in service offerings, sub-sectoral focus and funding sources – between life science cluster organizations within European regions is most apparent. The findings indicate that the degree of functional and sectoral substitutability of cluster organizations differs substantially across Europe, though some regions, particularly in Spain, Denmark, France and Estonia, are more prone to revealed competition
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X18802325
ER  -