Visualization of firm linkages in the Chicago ICT cluster
dc.contributor.author | Byrne, Eoin | |
dc.contributor.author | Hobbs, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Doran, Justin | |
dc.contributor.funder | Higher Education Authority | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-18T09:15:33Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-18T09:15:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-02-22 | |
dc.date.updated | 2018-04-17T13:22:43Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Do 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.sponsorship | Higher Education Authority (ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility, awarded by the Higher Education Institutes (HEI) Ireland 2015) | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Published Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Byrne, 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: 10.1080/21681376.2018.1426036 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/21681376.2018.1426036 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 97 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2168-1376 | |
dc.identifier.issued | 1 | en |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Regional Studies, Regional Science | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 94 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/5797 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 5 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en |
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.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Industry clusters | en |
dc.subject | Cluster analysis | en |
dc.subject | Cluster mapping | en |
dc.subject | Firm linkages | en |
dc.subject | Information and communication technology (ICT) | en |
dc.subject | ICT | en |
dc.subject | Chicago, USA | en |
dc.title | Visualization of firm linkages in the Chicago ICT cluster | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
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