Pittsburgh's evolving steel legacy and the steel technology cluster

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12913765
AutoresCarey Durkin Treado (University of Pittsburgh, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen3
Número1
Páginas105-120
Fecha de publicación2009-10-29
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1752-1386 • E-ISSN: 1752-1378
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/cjres/rsp027
OpenAlexW2000571081
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas25
Referencias citadas20

Using an industry studies approach, this article provides an assessment of a cluster of product and service providers that have leveraged regional expertise in a declining industry (steel) to continue to supply technology to a global industry. The formation of Pittsburgh's steel technology cluster has depended on three main regional factors: location, labour and legacy. In particular, Pittsburgh's expertise and long tradition in metallurgy and materials science has been the ultimate source of the cluster's success and the region's resilience. The results of this research have practical and theoretical implications for regional economic development policy and its relationship to path dependence

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