Many regions are either without technology clusters or in early stages of their development. This paper uses a micro-foundations perspective to understand the potential for technology development, new venture creation and market creation to occur in these regions. The study surveys people from two city-regions in the Global South — Medellin, Colombia, and Johannesburg, South Africa. The results show that in these two cities that have developed different reputations for innovation, different micro-foundation profiles are present. General support is found for our hypothesis that regional micro-foundations may drive the progress toward technology cluster formation.

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技术集群出现的微观基础：来自南非约翰内斯堡和哥伦比亚麦德林的证据

许多地区要么没有技术集群，要么处于发展的早期阶段。本文使用微观基础的视角来了解这些地区发生的技术开发、新企业创造和市场创造的潜力。该研究调查了来自全球南部两个城市地区——哥伦比亚麦德林和南非约翰内斯堡的人们。结果表明，在这两个创新声誉不同的城市中，存在不同的微观基础概况。我们的假设得到了普遍支持，即区域微观基础可能推动技术集群形成的进展。