By Mads Bruun Ingstrup & Poul Rind Christensen, University of Southern Denmark, presented at the 16th TCI Global Conference, Kolding 2013.

1. The change of cluster specialization through the
process of globalization
Mads Bruun Ingstrup & Poul Rind Christensen
Academic Summit: Transnational cluster collaboration
4 September 2013

2. The Change of Cluster Specialization
through the Process of Globalization
Mads Bruun Ingstrup and Poul Rind Christensen

3. Globalization is
weakening the
inner dynamics
of clusters
The local cluster
production
system is being
split up
Globalization is
fostering clusters
because of the
concentration of
for example
knowledge,
innovation and
spillovers

4. Exploring how and to which extend the
specialization of clusters changes as a result of
how globalization influences the organization of
production within them

5. Clusters should be understood
as configurations that:
comprise a proximity and a
specialization
encompass competing and
cooperating actors
and produce positive
spillovers
Marshall (1920), Porter
(1998)

6. Cluster types
Andersen et al. (2006)

7. Global value chain perspective
(Gereffi et al., 2001; Gereffi et al., 2005)
How clusters take part in systems of global
production and how this affects the local economic
development and upgrading
Bair and Gereffi (2001), Humphrey and Schmitz
(2002) and Sturgeon et al. (2008)

8. Division of labor
Pre-production
activities
Production
activities
Post-production
activities
R&D
Design
Construction
Production planning
Procurement
Training
Market analyses
Production
Surveillance
Monitoring
Logistics
Repair
Programming
Quality check
Documentation
Transport
Montage
Customer service
Sales
Marketing
Banff et al.
(2004)

9. Research Method
 A qualitative, descriptive, comparative and theoretically
informed case study (Sayer, 1992)
 Main source of information is secondary data.
Publications like ‘Business clusters in times of pressure’
and ‘When milk transforms into steel’
 Up-coming interviews with key actors representing triple
helix in the two clusters

11. The Textile & Fashion Cluster Mid-
Jutland
Production
activities
Pre-production
activities
Post-production
activities
In the cluster
Outside the
cluster

12. The Stainless Steel Cluster Triangle
Region
Production
activities
Pre-production
activities
Post-production
activities
In the cluster
Outside the
cluster

13. Producer driven Buyer driven
Pre-Production
The Textile &
Fashion Cluster
Mid-Jutland
Production
The Stainless
Steel Cluster
Triangle Region
Post-production
The Textile &
Fashion Cluster
Mid-Jutland

14. Change in specialization
The Textile & Fashion Cluster Mid-
Jutland

15. Change in specialization
The Stainless Steel Cluster Triangle
Region

16. Contact
Assistant Professor
Mads Bruun Ingstrup, PhD
University of Southern Denmark
Phone: +4565501329
E-mail: mbi@sam.sdu.dk
Web:
www.sdu.dk/staff/mbi.asp
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Professor
Poul Rind Christensen, PhD
University of Southern Denmark
Phone: +4541611735
E-mail: rind@sam.sdu.dk
Web: www.sdu.dk/staff/prc.aspx