Links & Resources
This area gathers a wide range of documents, presentations, articles and links to cluster portals and relevant organizations active in cluster and regional development.
We hope that these suggestions will further your knowledge on clusters!
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Fostering innovation-led clusters. A review of leading global practices (Cluster Policy)
This report reviews some of the practices and ideas being used by clusters around the world. The aim is to offer a detailed assessment of which of these practices and ideas might be applicable to the Middle East region as it seeks to develop its own innovation-led clusters.
Report from the Economist Intelligence Unit -
Cluster accrediation – The Hungarian case (Cluster Policy)
This is a study that explains the different phases Hungarian clusters have been through, the lessons learned and future challenges. Currently there are 25 accredited clusters in Hungary, most of them located in the South Great Plain Region and in the Central Hungary Region. The biggest number of accredited clusters can be linked to healthcare that is medical sciences, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical equipment. The second most popular field is ICT and then environmental industry.
Donwload the study by Zita Zombori -
Utilization of cluster mapping through EU-US collaborations (Cluster related links)
European and American experts related to the commercialization of research and cluster mapping discussed on the exchange of good practice on innovation policy on a workshop organized by Center of Transatlantic Relations, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C, on 6-8 December 2011.
Presentations of the workshop by Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. -
7th Forum of Pôles de Compétitivité: International best practices & innovation tools (Links and Resources)
In order to help to improve the competitiveness and scientific excellence of clusters, the European Union has set ambitious new strategic guidelines for 2011 – 2012. This goals were presented during the 7th Competitiveness Clusters Forum which took place in Sophia Antipolis on 17th and 18th November.
Presentations of the 7th Forum of Pôles de Compétitivité -
Organising clusters for innovation: lessons from city regions in Europe (Reports and Studies)
This report offers a fresh perspective on city regions, economic development, innovation and clusters. Chapter 2 outlines the seven gaps that create obstacles for innovation, i.e. the creation of new products, processes, services and business models that enter into use and create commercial value. Clusters are particularly important for the second half of the equation. Cluster dynamics is partly a natural process, but also a matter of construction by all actors on the cluster scene. Cities have access to a range of instruments that can be used to bridge those innovation gaps, and can build identities around clusters. The report is completed by many good examples in the CLUSNET cities.
CLUSNET report by Göran Lindqvist & Örjan Sölvell -
Cluster are individuals: creating economic growth through cluster policies for cluster management excellence (On Cluster Initiatives)
The report presents lessons learned by program owners and a unique detailed overview of 16 European cluster programs. The report provides eight policy recommendations for future developments of cluster programs. The recommendations shall contribute to the evolution of outstanding “world class” clusters that are driven by excellent cluster management organizations.
The Kompetenznetze Deutschland Initiative Publication -
Cluster Observatory India (On Cluster Initiatives)
The observatory provides comprehensive online database about clusters in India. It aims at bridging the information gap and cater to the needs of a wide category of audience ranging from policy makers, donor, development institutions, cluster practitioners, research institutions, financial institutions, etc.
Cluster Observatory India by Foundation for MSME Clusters -
Journal of Competitiveness, India 2012 (On Competitiveness)
This journal is an attempt to address various aspects of competitiveness, from both academic and non-academic perspectives. This issue gives you the best of the 13th TCI Global Competitiveness Conference 2010, presenting five papers in their entirety. The papers, from researchers and cluster experts across the world, focus on the scenario in South Asia and the priorities for India’s clusters—particularly in the readymade garment and automobile industry. Additionally, the papers look at developing knowledge hubs, the framework of inter-firm collaboration, and lessons for shaping policies for clusters.
Journal of Competitiveness by Institute for Competitiveness India -
Medellin-Antioquia cluster strategy in local TV: “Región Cluster, Innovación y Negocios” (Cluster related links)
This TV miniseries about Cluster, produced in Medellin (Antioquia, Colombia) and transmitted on a Colombian regional channel (Teleantioquia) outlines the international context and the European and American experiences on cluster; how the cluster strategy came to Colombia and how it has been implemented in Medellin-Antioquia. The last chapters on Networking, in which RedLAC and TCI Network experiences were invited, show the importance of cluster networks to enhance the transfer of knowledge and best practices, the development of projects and identification of opportunities for collaboration and business among those who share common professional interests.
Watch the complete TV miniseries (50 chapters in Spanish) -
European Clusters Go International: Networks and clusters as instruments for the initiation of international business cooperation (On Cluster Initiatives)
Creating stronger linkages between distant clusters with complementary strengths is one of the most promising ways to get access to the most advanced technologies, best know-how or prospective markets. Changes in the global economic environment also make cluster linkages at international level more important. As firms within clusters internationalize in creative ways, it is important that cluster initiatives and cluster organizations internationalize as well. Most actors that take part in clusters are interested in learning from each other and in developing concrete activities with partners in other geographical locations world-wide. However, there is still a lack of knowledge about the main barriers and drivers for these activities and their development. Future policy measures can only be effective, if the actual demand of the cluster organizations and cluster firms is known. This paper points out the benefits of the internationalization of clusters and highlights the key success factors leading to an effective internationalization strategy of clusters.
The Kompetenznetze Deutschland Initiative Publication
