ABSTRACT
Boschma (2011) argue that networks and firm capabilities are interrelated so that “variety
across firms in terms of capabilities drives the evolution of networks through time”
(p. 923). Firms with strong capabilities will be attractive collaboration partners and thus
more centrally positioned in networks. However, due to the high degree of uncertainty
during cluster emergence as regards the future dominant technologies and players, net-
works are highly unstable. Firms are expected to switch network partners frequently,
whereas the choice of partners depends both on social networks and chance events.
