ClusterOS Regional Diagnostic
Tay Cities Region
6 clusters diagnosed across Tay Cities Region, drawing on 524 evidence items cross-referenced at entity level. The Coordination-Intermediary-Activity configuration fires confidently in 6 of 6 clusters.
- All 6 clusters register the three reinforcing backbone configurations at confident levels — coordination, extraction, and governance capture fire universally across the region.
- Anchor concentration — University of Dundee appears across 2 of 6 sub-clusters as a configured ecosystem-level anchor.
- Extraction signal — 56 spin-offs declared by the UKRI cohort, but the spin-off match-rate is structurally empty: the diagnostic could not produce a verified count of how many remain registered or active in the region.
| Cluster | Regime | Dominant stalls | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tay Cities Innovation Ecosystem | Permission-Validation | Stabilising Around Incumbents, Coordinating Instead of Deciding, Mediating Instead of Coupling | 165 |
| Tay Cities Creative Tech | Extraction-Narrative | Coordinating Instead of Deciding, Extracting Without Reinvesting, Mediating Instead of Coupling | 76 |
| Tay Cities Agri Food | Coordination-Incumbent-Permission | Coordinating Instead of Deciding, Stabilising Around Incumbents | 58 |
| Tay Cities Clean Growth | Permission-Validation | Stabilising Around Incumbents, Coordinating Instead of Deciding, Waiting for Permission | 75 |
| Tay Cities Life Sciences | Extraction-Permission (Triple) | Extracting Without Reinvesting, Scaling Activity Instead of Throughput, Re-proving Instead of Narrowing | 73 |
| Tay Cities Engineering | Coordination-Incumbent-Permission | Coordinating Instead of Deciding, Stabilising Around Incumbents, Scaling Activity Instead of Throughput | 77 |
No aggregate stall data yet.
"If one ecosystem report (e.g., annual Tay Cities Creative Tech cluster report) separated extraction metrics (studio acquisitions by external entities, graduate employment outside region) from retention metrics (local company formation, local employment, reinvestment in regional infrastructure), it might make the difference between value creation and value capture visible and shift narrative framing."
"If a Tay Cities company (e.g., CXR Biosciences, Abbott Dundee) launched a clinical study using external clinical infrastructure, it might weaken the permission architecture by demonstrating that clinical validation is accessible without incumbent anchor mediation."
"If Tay Cities Deal Joint Committee allocated capital to one project led by a non-incumbent actor (not University of Dundee, not MSIP, not established anchor) without requiring incumbent partnership or endorsement, it might demonstrate that coordination infrastructure can route through alternative nodes, potentially reducing incumbent centrality and the system's ability to absorb disruption via incumbent-mediated coordination."