optimal-policy perspective recommends providing a subsidy to firms of clusters generating externalities, while Porter …’s prescriptions recommend not choosing among clusters. So, we state that cluster policy is involved in a paradox: policy makers use …

Clusters, as spatial concentrations of economic activity, constitute an important form of coordination with significant … to a critical synthesis of the literature on networks and clusters, we propose a unified, encompassing, and less blurred …

geographical concentration abusively denominated of clusters. Most of the studies within the tourism industry identify clusters … to rigorously identify tourism clusters, stressing the importance of networks and cooperation between agents. …

In the contemporary globalising knowledge-based economies, local clusters have become crucial elements of regional … raising importance of the theoretical debate on clusters, there is a substantial lack of empirical support of its precise … magnitude and evolution. Moreover, the majority of literature surveys on clusters are exclusively qualitative-based. Aiming at …