Abstract

Within the cluster literature, few studies have analyzed the potential dangers of regional economic overspecialization. The lock-in effect is frequently mentioned to describe the decline of a cluster, but few studies have actually tested such arguments. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impacts of the lock-in effect on the evolutionary trajectory of the Vale dos Sinos-Paranhana footwear cluster. To this end, we conducted interviews with industries and representatives institutions, to analyze how productive and cognitive inertia, the absence of innovative startups and the static entrepreneurial model adopted by local agents limited the acquisition and recombination of new knowledge within the cluster, making it a rigid and uncompetitive structure.

摘要

在集群文献中，很少有研究分析区域经济过度专业化的潜在危险。经常提到锁定效应来描述集群的衰落，但是很少有研究实际检验过这种论点。本文的目的是分析锁定效应对Vale dos Sinos-Paranhana鞋类集群的演变轨迹的影响。为此，我们与行业和代表机构进行了访谈，以分析生产和认知惯性，缺乏创新型初创企业以及本地代理商采用的静态创业模式如何限制集群中新知识的获取和重组。刚性和无竞争力的结构。