The Effects between Technological Communities Interaction and Industrial Clustering on Innovation Activity: A Case of Hsinchu District

Knowledge has been seen as a central element of economic growth in knowledge-based economy era. It directly relies on the efficient acquiring, accumulating and using of knowledge and information, and emphasizes the involving of human resources who own the technological knowledge and specialization. Thus knowledge creation and the ability and efficiency of using knowledge become the supporting engine of industrial clustering and economic sustainability. In such a case, the specific industrial characteristics and firms’ evolution result in the emergence of local industrial cluster which retains close spatailities. This phenomenon reveals that the cluster of traditional industries in the past did not necessarily stimulate innovation, even though cluster is a prerequisite for any innovation. Recently, the related researches which focus on the proximity of firms and advanced institutes discuss that industrial cluster is positive to innovative activities of firms. According to this, we attempt to analyze whether the interaction between technological community and industrial clustering influence innovative activities. Also we examine the importance of networking linkage of technological community in industrial cluster, and provide a helpful dimension on industrial policy making.

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