Adaptation and Change in Creative Clusters: Findings from Vienna's New Media Sector

Beschreibung

This paper investigates some of the features of technological heterogeneity in the New
Media cluster in Vienna and the local and global factors that have shaped territorial learning
conditions over time. Technological heterogeneity is given a central role in cluster evolution for
the expansion of local capacities and opportunities for change. In this paper, it is argued that
technological heterogeneity is an important but insufficient motor for cluster evolution. Rather,
what is required are local technological capabilities and learning conditions for the exploitation
of technologies for operations and procedures that are relevant for firm and cluster performance,
as posited by evolutionary theories of technical change. These perspectives are used to interpret
the complex, variegated and partially unpredictable features of technological heterogeneity in the
New Media cluster in Vienna, revealing the importance of the capabilities embodied in people
and local conditions of managing uncertainty mediated via heterogeneity in products, processes
and client needs. For this sector, conditions of technological instability create increasing
importance for local learning and networks if clusters are to be propelled more deeply into
existent or more radically into novel specializations.

Zeitraum	26 Aug. 2014 → 29 Aug. 2014
Ereignistitel	54th European Congress of the Regional Science Association (ERSA)
Veranstaltungstyp	Keine Angaben
Bekanntheitsgrad	International