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Koncepcja kapitałów Pierre’a Bourdieu w badaniach klastrów przemysłowych
Bourdieu’s Concept of Capital in Industrial Cluster Research

Author(s): Adrian Lis, Anna Szerenos
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: industrial clusters; Bourdieu's concept of capital; research methodology

Summary/Abstract: This article aims at creating the foundations for a coherent theoretical concept of cluster structure, meeting high requirements of a continuously changing area of social sciences. Such a concept should provide an opportunity to make comparisons between clusters of various branches and at various stages of development. To construct such a theory, a modified and supplemented Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of capital was used, putting large emphasis not only onto stricte economic sources of influence in the cluster but also onto human beings and their activities, which influence the operation of cluster structure to the greatest degree.

  • Issue Year: 10/2009
  • Issue No: 36
  • Page Range: 28-46
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish