The Spatiality of Standard Evolution â?? Standardization in the Wind Industry from a Spatial View

摘要: Abstract for the DRUID Academy Conference 2015 21.-13.01.2015, Aalborg on The Spatiality of Standard Evolution â?? Standardization in Wind Industry from a Spatial View October 2014 Jan Markus Adrian* * markus-adrian@geowiss.uni-hamburg.de, University Hamburg, Institute Geography, BundesstraA?e 55, D-20146 enrolment: 2012, expected final date: Summer Standards play an important role industry evolution. co-evolution standards and clusters, however, is less scrutinized. paper shows how different clusters participate standardization, while again affect clusters. relatively young dynamically globalizing wind will be used. A framework by Menzel Grillitsch (2014) applied to show differing interrelations between cluster standard evolution during formation, diffusion impact. Data collected via documentary research documents guidelines as well academic literature. Supplemental qualitative interviews with setting institutions certification companies are conducted. Results show, that development started countries strong industry, especially Denmark, whose manufacturers dominated early market. Due joint efforts public industrial actors, standardization often was spatially connected further European markets resulted coexistence various national standards, which later were re-combined create international ones. These today developed International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), located Switzerland. Thus, their definition no longer influence whole as, examples, Global Value Chains being modularized relations change accordingly. impacts regions. thus distinct spatiality interrelation Literature /Grillitsch Divergent Spatialities Interdependencies Clusters. Paper presented at Workshop Cluster Life Cycles Kiel, September 15-16. 18 pages