cooperation. We assume that innovation cluster "potentiates", by a synergistic action, the beneficial effect of each of these …Criticisms vis-à-vis cluster policy are numerous, often confusing and really unhelpful; while some authors … refocus the debate and analyses the economic issues, impacts and implications of the innovation clusters policy. To do this …

a brief literature review of cluster theory, we focus on the theoretical conditions under which French innovation …Competitiveness clusters (or innovation clusters) are the focal point of French new industrial policy. They are based … on classical cluster model and its well-known agglomeration positive externalities and on benefits of cooperation. After …

The way firms finance their investments can potentially explain the heterogeneity of firms in terms of their innovation … innovativeness. By applying a cluster analysis to group firms using information on their financing decisions, we investigate the link … between finance and innovation of EU firms. We identify seven financing clusters to show that the degree of innovativeness …