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adopting the cluster approach either with a view to accelerate the existing clusters or for providing the basis for the … innovation but also owing to a lot of other reasons, clusters are usually considered as key instruments for promoting … measures, beyond the outcomes that markets and market players produce on their own. Furthermore, if clusters are so valuable …
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In recent decades industrial clusters and agglomerations were recognized as drivers of regional and often national … mapping, establishment of institutions (labelled as cluster initiative/ association) in respective clusters through public … influenced by different sets of institutional framework conditions. Information and communication technologies (ICT) clusters and …
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Although clusters life cycles tend to co-evolve with the life cycle of its dominant industry (Bergman, 2008; Menzel and …, 2011). Empirical studies indicate that clusters do not necessarily follow the life cycles of their dominant industries, as … different clusters that belong to the same industry life cycle follow different evolutionary paths (Saxenian, 1994). Thus …
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selection of the pilot innovative clusters announced on March 19, 2012 by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian … of experts. Further, the selected clusters (in number of 37) presented their programs at the meeting of ?the Working … Group for the Development of Public-Private Partnership in the Innovation Sphere?. Among the 37 clusters 5 submitted in the …
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The paper deals with a new approach in German innovation policy that organizes contests of initiatives for public funds. Based on an overview of the different programs we investigate the advantages and problems of such an approach. We find that this type of policy may have a large impact and...
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In Japan, recent low birthrate and aging population have progressively led to a crisis for infrastructure. In particular, the quantity of drainage from homes and factories is remarkably decreasing, along with the decline of economic activity resulting from the overseas move of Japanese...
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the other hand, the creation of modern industrial entities similar to the economic clusters promoted in the European … economies. In this line of argument, the current paper attempts to answer questions such as: to what extent do clusters impact …
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Using a panel data model, we study the effects of regional and industry-level traits on new business formation (NBF) for 164 industries across 266 Chinese prefectures between 1998 and 2007. The objective is to provide empirical estimates on effects of prefecture traits on entry rates, and in...
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in regional clusters. This challenge is even greater for its critically important innovation activities, including … networks, a detailed picture of the photovoltaic industry innovation and its constituent regional clusters is constructed. This … photovoltaic clusters' innovation growth pattern, in so far as they can be revealed by bibliometric indicators. In order to select …
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clusters in the developed and emerging countries. Firms, governments and other actors have re-established different … clusters and emergence or solidification of newer ones. Studies indicate that a cluster's evolution, its position in the …-specific factors seem to be important for specialization of ICT-software clusters, which, may work or against their benefit due to …
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