• Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.375-390
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• 2023

This study examined the genesis process and competitiveness determinants of overseas bio-industrial clusters. The bio industry is a promising new industry that major countries around the world are paying attention to because it can be applied to various industries and can create high added value by combining artificial intelligence and information and communication technology. In addition, the importance of clusters is emphasized in that it requires connection and cooperation with various stakeholders. However, compared to this importance and interest, related research in Korea is somewhat insufficient. In particular, overseas case studies are also overly biased toward a few leading clusters, and tend to produce policies and development plans that do not correspond to domestic local conditions. To alleviate this problem, this study looked at the birth and growth process of the BioHealth Capital Region in the United States, Cambridge Cluster in the United Kingdom, and Medicon Valley in Denmark and Sweden. Through this, we aim to enrich related case studies that were lacking, identify the determinants of competitiveness of each cluster, and present implications for the creation and development of domestic bio industry clusters.

• World Technopolis Review
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.87-103
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• 2015

This paper aims to explore how firms develop and grow in regional clusters based in a developing country. The argument is that start-ups / small and large firms are able to grow by developing linkages or networks for resources within clusters - and this tenet is based on studies of firms that are based from such clusters as Silicon Valley in the US, Cambridge in UK and other clusters from which have evolved over long periods of time. Most of the time we hear narratives from the developed world where there are brownfield cluster development efforts. In developing countries governments are making efforts to develop clusters from scratch - which in this paper we term as greenfield cluster versus a brownfield development, which is where the cluster is developed based on existing and new organisations in a region. In this paper, we believe the context of clusters can be important in determining the way firms develop linkages for their growth - and we look at two contexts in Malaysia ie. A greenfield cluster and a brownfield cluster. The paper presents findings from case studies of firms in a greenfield cluster (Cyberjaya) and a brown field cluster (Penang) in Malaysia. The cases reveal fairly different approaches to development of linkages or networks, which we hope will provides insights to cluster development officials and policy makers and implications to researchers for developing studies of clusters and innovation systems.