Once a cluster forms it pulls in newcomers who started elsewhere

Evidence

It is striking, however, to note that when another Turkish businessman, Halil Kamil, went into film ventures (as an exhibitor and importer), he felt it necessary to move his established offices from Sirkeci to Pera. Clearly, Pera was already gaining a ‘magnetic’ nature in respect to film business as early as the 1920s. Therefore, it is important to underline that when Turkish entrepreneurs decided to enter the industry, they were also being drawn to the ‘center of gravity’ in Pera even if they initially operated in the predominantly Muslim district of Sirkeci. The entry of more Turkish exhibitors into import ventures, most notably that of the Ipekçi Brothers, on the other hand, pushed the base of import business towards that center of gravity as well, which as a result began to shift to Pera while loosening up in Galata. — Georg Schreyögg and Jörg Sydow, The Hidden Dynamics of Path Dependence, 823

Categorization

• DEFINE: Concrete illustration of a cluster’s ‘center of gravity’ — a locational lock-in that overrides an entrant’s original base.
• CANDY: A Turkish film pioneer physically moved his office across town to be near the action — vivid, tweetable proof that geography beats convenience.