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About us Practical matters How to find us D. (Daniël) Speldekamp, PhD

Research interests

Experienced and internationally mobile & engaged with policy, practice and academia. Expert in economic geography and management science, and skilled at public speaking, writing, project management, organizational leadership, supervision, and both quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Much of my research investigates the relationship between organizations and their environment. Though my research topics are ever-evolving, I have specialized in the following:

- Industrial clustering;
- Innovation impact geography, networks, institutions on businesses;
- Interaction organization-internal (e.g., manager experience) and external (e.g., networks) resources;
- Business network governance;
- Skill shortages & migration.

You can reach me for any inquiries through LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/dspeldekamp), or via d.speldekamp rug.nl.

Publications

Clusters and firm-level innovation: A configurational analysis of agglomeration, network and institutional advantages in European aerospace

Reconciling Perspectives on Clusters: An Integrative Review and Research Agenda

Managing where you are: agglomeration economies, managerial industry experience and innovation in South-East Asia

Reconfiguring clusters: From Contradictions to Pathways

Intermediation in European aerospace clusters: a configurational approach

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Press/media

It is good to be in a cluster, but for whom is it best?

It is good to be in a cluster, but for whom is it best?

Reconfiguring Clusters: From Contradictions to Pathways

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