Thanks Max. Yes, what a great site! Wow!
I thought clustering was something about putting lots of computers together.
What a geek!
Emlyn
----- Original Message -----
From: Max More
To: extropians@extropy.org
Cc: max@maxmore.com
Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 4:08 AM
Subject: Re: Homeless
Emlyn, I found a lead to an answer on a really useful site:
www.manyworlds.com by putting "clustering" into the search box. Great site,
huh? ;-) One of the two results was this:
11/01/98 Clusters and the New Economics of Competition
Harvard Business Review by Michael Porter; This HBR article by Michael
Porter addresses the economics of clustering. Even in the new economy we
still see the power of clusters, with clusters such as Silicon Valley and
Hollywood providing advantages to resident technology and entertainment
businesses respectively. There are dozens of other examples as well. The
fact that clustering exists serves to emphatically answers the question: is
it better to locate where there are competitors for one's intellectual
capital (particularly people), but also enhanced access to the best
intellectual capital, or to attempt to remain more isolated? The answer in
general is that it is somewhat paradoxically better to be located where
there is greater danger of intellectual capital leakage, because the
positive feedback from the competitive ecologies tend to outweigh the
negatives.
Max
Max More,
max@maxmore.com or more@extropy.org
www.maxmore.com
President, Extropy Institute. www.extropy.org
Senior Content Architect, ManyWorlds Consulting
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