`s „industrial cluster model“ is used as the relevant analytical framework to deal with the complex intercourses of the different … between the medical device industry cluster, innovations and the German health care system. It is showed which impact … „innovation“, „cluster“ and „medical device industry“. In chapter 2 the German medical device industry is examined on its …

Innovation is increasingly seen as a collective action which involves many different actors operating in a cluster … processes require the expansion of cluster concepts towards virtual dimensions. It will be shown that the combination of local … and virtual cluster links improves access to essential resources in innovation. An examples taken from the automotive …

Cluster und deren Management sind seit den 1990er Jahren im Fokus von Wissenschaft und Politik und werden als … das Instrument Cluster gewinnbringend zu nutzen, ist es notwendig zu wissen, wie ein erfolgreiches Clustermanagement … der Verantwortung sind, konkret ihre Interessen zu formulieren und an ausgewählten Aktivitäten im Cluster teilzunehmen, um …

development of networks or cluster was successful, this paper focuses on the investigation of regional economic development. Using …

We study the effects of a German national cluster policy on the structure of collaboration networks. The empirical … analysis is based on original data that was collected in fall 2011 and late summer 2013 with cluster actors (firms and public … initiating new cooperation between cluster actors and in intensifying existing linkages. Newly formed linkages are to a …