Cluster Entrepreneurship:the Influence Mechanisms Of The Technology And Market Gradient Distance

The Industry cluster is one of the most important sources of regional economy and national competitive advantage. Zhejiang Province is famous for its active private economy and kinds of industry clusters. During the past three decades, the economic development model of Zhejiang Province had created a great miracle. However, the problems of the low product added value and brand influences turn out to be headache to gain more profits in the fierce global competitions and the threats of the global financial crisis. Thus, the transformation and upgrading of traditional industry cluster has become a top priority for further development. All along, the upgrading solutions are inseparable from getting supports of policy and government’s financial investments. In the theoretical model of the diamond, government intervention has both advantages and disadvantages. It’s not very good for advantage accumulation from a long-term perspective. Anyway, the industry cluster is a kind of complex, economic and small-world like systematic network. There must exist evolutionary law for development. The best upgrading solutions lie in industry cluster itself.Based on the proposition, Corporate Entrepreneurship is of the Important Way to Upgrade the Cluster, this study tried to explore the specific mechanisms of entrepreneurship in the context of clusters from the perspective of Corporate Entrepreneurship. We also put forward some influencing factors and conduct empirical tests.Firstly, this study reviews the literature in related fields and provides theoretical support for the empirical research. Then, we introduce Anji Chair Industry Cluster as case to explore the cluster entrepreneurship by recalling the essential development staged and extracting the venture mechanism. Besides, we had a deep analysis of structural characteristics of industrial clusters and gave definitions to describe the special phenomenon, which named Cluster Entrepreneurship. Thirdly, according to the revelation based on the literature review and case studies, we proposed three factors that may affect Cluster Entrepreneurship, technology gradient, market gradient and technology complexity of cluster. We built a conceptual model and proposed associated assumptions. Finally, we sent out questionnaires to the Pharmaceutical and Chemical Cluster and Leisure Products Custer in Linhai.in order to have empirical research. Studies suggest that, Corporate Entrepreneurship is not limited to the process of opportunity capture and exploit but also included the imitation or follow the first enterprise, having corporate entrepreneurship to realize the resource allocation and achieve the entrepreneurship in the context of the cluster. However, the distribution differences of the ability of technology and market would affect the Cluster Entrepreneurship. Empirical studies have shown that technology gradient distance, market gradient distance and technology complexity of cluster would significantly affect the perception and following behavior about entrepreneurship.Therefore, adjusting Gradient can effectively promote the entrepreneurial performance in the cluster.