I have not worked on clusters myself but you should look up the work of Professor Koen Frenken at Utrecht University. He has done a lot on spatial complexity that is directly relevant to clusters and their innovation dynamics.

Regards

John

Audretsch and Lehmann (2005) have demonstrated that the

number of new firms located in clusters close to a university is positively influenced by the knowledge capacity (as measured by spending on R&D and technological innovations) of the region and by the knowledge output of the university. This finding

leads them to argue that although investment in the creation of new knowledge

will tend to generate opportunities for entrepreneurs, if those with market

information are not fully aware of this knowledge, they will fail to invest (or

under-invest) therein. Questions clearly highlighted therefore concern the nature of appropriate networking both between clusters or universities and between universities and SMEs to enable beneficial innovation activities to be generated.

Regards,

Zijad

 are you talking about this paper which is published in research policy

Does the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship hold for the region.

this paper explores the relationships in the context of Germany.  we are exploring this kind of relationships in the case of india where uniiversity-industry linkages are comparatively weak. 

can you suggest any research work in the context of developing countries........

thanks and regards

baldev shergill