Forming New ICT Industry Clusters in Victoria

Regional differences among industry clusters have long been a puzzle, especially when performance differences are significant. This chapter examines the case of venture capital investing, in which Silicon Valley differs from the rest of the world despite attempts to imitate its model. The point of entry in this chapter is the contract between venture capitalist and entrepreneur. Although such contracts have been analyzed in other research, this chapter argues that the psychological effects of different contract styles are of primary importance to innovative outcomes of entrepreneurial ventures. Thus, it argues that regulatory focus theory, which considers the psychological effects of contracting, is essential to understanding differences in practice and outcomes in venture capital clusters.

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The Making of Convergence: Knowledge Reuse, Boundary Spanning, and the Formation of the ICT Industry

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management ◽

10.1109/tem.2021.3087365 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Fredrik Hacklin ◽

Martin Wallin ◽

Joakim Bjorkdahl ◽

Georg von Krogh

Keyword(s):

Boundary Spanning ◽

Knowledge Reuse ◽

Ict Industry

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Implementation of an Expanded Decision-Making Technique to Comment on Sweden Readiness for Digital Tourism

Systems ◽

10.3390/systems9030050 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 50

Author(s):

Shahryar Sorooshian

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Extended Version ◽

Industry Clusters ◽

Transition Readiness ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Farthest Point ◽

Topsis Technique ◽

Almost All ◽

New Framework

Tourism provides many advantages for Sweden and the whole world, as well as its travelers. Since almost all types of tourism are currently in crisis as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic, information and communication technology is expected to play a role, not only during the crisis but also in the post-COVID-19 era. Thus, with no expectations from types of tourism, Sweden needs to broaden its digital tours. As a result, this letter aims to classify the transition readiness of industry clusters for this digitalization move. An extended version of the TOPSIS technique was formulated and validated, plus a new framework for measuring digitalization readiness for this purpose. Lastly, analysis of the collected data proves that business tourism could lead the change, though adventure and rural tourism are at the farthest point from being considered ready to change.

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