Visualization of firm linkages in the Chicago ICT cluster

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dc.contributor.authorByrne, Eoin
dc.contributor.authorHobbs, John
dc.contributor.authorDoran, Justin
dc.contributor.funderHigher Education Authorityen
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-18T09:15:33Z
dc.date.available2018-04-18T09:15:33Z
dc.date.issued2018-02-22
dc.date.updated2018-04-17T13:22:43Z
dc.description.abstractDo industry clusters derive their success from a strong ‘local buzz’ or from access to ‘global pipelines’? This important question is addressed in the context of the Chicago (Illinois, United States) information and communication technology (ICT) cluster, which has shown growth and dynamism and is a significant sector not only in terms of the jobs it creates directly but also by supporting other sectors in Chicago. Cluster mapping and analysis studies have provided industry and policy-makers with instruments to explain the cluster structure and its connection to an economy for over two decades. Visualization of linkages in networks and clusters (V-LINC), a methodology that records, maps and analyses the linkages that firms in clusters engage in, is applied to the ICT sector in Chicago. Visualizing the firm linkages of Chicago ICT firms provides a geographical footprint of the cluster’s ecosystem. Through an understanding of the various linkages that firms in a cluster engage in, targeted policy recommendations can be developed to build on strengths and address weaknesses. The visualization of firm linkages has considerable potential to add to cluster analysis by improving how data are portrayed, the dissemination of research and explaining how clusters operate.en
dc.description.sponsorshipHigher Education Authority (ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility, awarded by the Higher Education Institutes (HEI) Ireland 2015)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationByrne, E., Hobbs, J. and Doran, J. (2018) 'Visualization of firm linkages in the Chicago ICT cluster', Regional Studies, Regional Science, 5(1), pp. 94-97. doi: 10.1080/21681376.2018.1426036en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/21681376.2018.1426036
dc.identifier.endpage97en
dc.identifier.issn2168-1376
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleRegional Studies, Regional Scienceen
dc.identifier.startpage94en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/5797
dc.identifier.volume5en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.rights© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectIndustry clustersen
dc.subjectCluster analysisen
dc.subjectCluster mappingen
dc.subjectFirm linkagesen
dc.subjectInformation and communication technology (ICT)en
dc.subjectICTen
dc.subjectChicago, USAen
dc.titleVisualization of firm linkages in the Chicago ICT clusteren
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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