@incollection{2022:kiese:methods_fo, title = {Methods for the Identification and Analysis of Clusters in Metropolitan Economies: Overview and Comparative Assessment}, year = {2022}, note = {Matthias Kiese introduces clusters of firms and supporting organisations in the same or related industries as a typical feature of urban economies. He provides an overview of the most common top-down and bottom-up methods and identifies their strengths and weaknesses in a comparative perspective. Complementary strengths favour the combination of top-down and bottom-up methods in a mixed-method research design.}, booktitle = {Metropolitan Research}, pages = {135--154}, edition = {1}, author = {Kiese, Matthias}, publisher = {transcript}, address = {Bielefeld}, series = {Urban Studies}, volume = {0} }