Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the theoretical development of the theme by the proposition of … an industrial cluster typology method considering that the set of local variables related to the firms characteristics …/methodology/approach – The theoretical basis of this study are the types of clusters found in literature and the research. A survey with several …

that allow the generation and development of new ideas, products, services and organization architectures. However, it is …

concept of competitiveness in the context of the new growth path that WWWforEurope aims to outline. A first section discusses … summarizes key findings from the previous research papers on the role of clusters in the New Growth Path (MS47) and on a new … concept of competitiveness that embeds beyond-GDP objectives (MS46). It then extends this work by deriving an initial set of …

Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation …. The ultimate question is what kind of industrial policy development is required in the CEECs in the future that could … export competitiveness of CEECs, the concept of export competitiveness, and the role of exports in competitiveness …

This paper is based on assumption that innovation and competitiveness can be facilitated by clusters. The cluster … approach has certain advantages which could be explored by firms looking for increased growth, competitiveness and innovation … competitiveness and innovation capacity for IT firms, and it helps to draw conclusions for further improvement of cluster and …