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The economic downturn post-2000 badly undermined the rapid growth of knowledge-based and technology-led sectors. This article reflects on post- and pre-2000 development from the perspective of the evolution of regional clusters of knowledge-based activity. Four case studies of knowledge clusters...
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) commercial networks; and (3) innovation networks …
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Competitiveness clusters (or innovation clusters) are the focal point of French new industrial policy. They are based … a brief literature review of cluster theory, we focus on the theoretical conditions under which French innovation …
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This paper explores the strengths and weaknesses of inter-firm networks as a public policy resource, that has necessarily required experimentation and adaptation. The focus of the paper is an evaluation of public policy network initiatives in the United Kingdom from the point of view of the...
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This paper discusses two economic functions of the University of Wales Cardiff (Cardiff University) in relation to local and regional economic development. The first concerns its direct and indirect impact as an economic force in its own rights in the locality and the wider city-region of South...
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innovation systems and clusters, which argues that core and strong economic regions usually possess effective and embedded …
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This paper examines the processes and causes of inter-firm network success and failure, defined in terms of the ability of networks to become a sustained and valued form of business activity for their members. The paper examines four different case study network initiatives: (1) a failed...
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The paper aims to examine the role of academic institutions in the development of the ICT cluster of the Waterloo Region in Ontario, Canada. The regional economic impact of clusters as well as academic institutions relies heavily on its ability to innovate. The ICT sector with its analytical...
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