Criticisms vis-à-vis cluster policy are numerous, often confusing and really unhelpful; while some authors … cooperation. We assume that innovation cluster "potentiates", by a synergistic action, the beneficial effect of each of these … expectations invested in cluster policy must be reconsidered and relativised. So the reasons for the rising power of cluster …

Cluster policy is recognized as one of the pivotal elements of state-of-art innovation policy. State support for … innovation policy drafting and implementation. Cluster development stimulates trust building and enhances knowledge spillovers … among different organizations in the region. Finally the cluster approach makes innovation policy more systemic by …