Over the past decade the 'cluster model' has been seized on as a tool for promoting competitiveness, innovation and growth on local, regional and national scales. However, despite its popularity there is much about it that is problematic, and in some respects the rush to employ 'cluster ideas'...

The Scottish economy : background and context / Ken Gibb, Des McNulty, Duncan Maclennan, Michael Comerford -- Key historical trends in the Scottish economy / Jim Tomlinson -- The contemporary landscape of the scottish economy / David Bell -- Fiscal matters / John McLaren -- The changing Scottish...