The Top-Down Innovative Coordination Flows in Sophia Antipolis Olivier Hueber
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Olivier Hueber. The Top-Down Innovative Coordination Flows in Sophia Antipolis. 15th Uddevalla Symposium Entrepreneurship and Innovation Networks, Jun 2012, Faro, Portugal. pp.409-421. hal- 00806571
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14-16 June, 2012 Faro, Portugal
The top-down innovative coordination flows in Sophia Antipolis
Olivier Hueber University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis GREDEG - CNRS (UMR 7321) [email protected]
Abstract
The theoretical model that has inspired the creation of Sophia Antipolis is governed by a top-down approach. The agglomerations externalities had not sprung up naturally from the dynamics of entreprises located in the cluster. The economic model of Sophia Antipolis is completely different of the traditional innovative district studied by Alfred Marshall (bottom-up approach). The aim of this paper is to understand the coordination mechanisms between enterprises and the main factors of success who made Sophia- Antipolis the largest technology park in the Europe. Such a study presents the Top-down strategy of developpement choosen by the government from the origins of Sophia- Antipolis to promote agglomeration externalities and the increasing returns to adoption gained by firms entering in the park.
Keywords: Clusters, entrepreneurship, innovative pole, network externality, agglomeration effect, Top-down, Bottom-up.