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1、iiMasterThesisTitleoftheMasterThesisbyTobiasBaeriswylUnterdenLinden381734TentlingenTel.+41/26/5551111StudentNo.:01-111-111supervisedbyProf.Dr.DirkMorschettChairforInternationalManagement–Liebherr/RichemontEndowedChairTentlingen,March13,2009TableofContentsITableofContentsListofAbbreviationsII1.Introd
2、uction12.OverviewonClusterTheory23.RegionalIndustryClusters33.1.EmpiricalEvidence33.2.TypologiesofRegionalIndustryClusters33.2.1.ClusterTypologyAccordingToSt.John/Pouder33.2.2.ClusterTypologyAccordingToMarkusen43.3.PlayersandElementsofRegionalIndustryClusters64.TheDiamondModelofNationalCompetitiveAd
3、vantage74.1.FactorConditions74.2.DemandConditions75.xyz96.ABC107.TheNextChapter118.Conclusion12Bibliography13ListofInterviewPartners141ListofAbbreviationsIIListofAbbreviationsEoSEconomiesofScaleEMSElectronicManufacturingServiceProviderFDIForeignDirectInvestmentHoReCaHotel/Restaurant/CateringI/OInput
4、/OutputJVJointVenturekgkilogrammeM&AMergers&AcquisitionsMNCMultinationalCompanyNIDNewIndustrialDistrictOEMOriginalEquipmentManufacturerR&DResearch&DevelopmentSCAESpecialtyCoffeeAssociationofEuropeSMESmallandMedium-sizedEnterpriseIntroduction11.IntroductionIthaslongbeenknownthatSwitzerland,foritsrela
5、tivelysmallgeographicsize,hasworld-leadingcompaniesinseveraldifferentindustries.Swisswatchmanufacturers,Swissbanksandinsurancecompanies,SwisschemicalandpharmaceuticalcompaniesaswellasSwissmachineandtoolsmanufacturersareknownfortheirsuperiorqualityandreliability.TheleadingpositionofSwisscompaniesinth
6、oseindustrieshasemergedoverdifferenttimespans.TheemergenceoftheSwisswatchesandbankingindustriesforexampledatesbacktoaslongas1700.TheSwissmachinery,chocolateandpharmaceuticalsectorsemergedinthesecondpartofthe19thcenturyandstillrankamongthemostimportantvaluecreatingindustriesinSwitzerland(Borneretal.1
7、991,pp.118etseq.).ThefactthatSwitzerlandisoneoftheworld’smostprosperousandcompetitivecountriescertainlyrootstosomedegreeinthesuccessoffirmsinthetraditionalSwissindustriessuchasbanking,pharmaceuticalsa