How can the growth of regional clusters be explained? This paper studies in great detail the growth of the wireless communication cluster in Northern Denmark. Unlike the dominant theories, we argue that initial success of the first firms are the main driving force behind the generation of new firms that eventually lead to the formation of clusters. The success of the first firms tends to generate spin-offs, which become successful themselves due to the background of the founders.

如何解释区域集群的增长?本文详细研究了丹麦北部地区无线通信集群的发展情况。与主流理论不同，我们认为第一批企业的最初成功是新企业产生的主要驱动力，这些新企业最终导致集群的形成。第一批公司的成功往往会产生副产品，而这些副产品本身也会因为创始人的背景而获得成功。