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A scoreboard to evaluate clusters' competitiveness in the knowledge-based economy : an empirical study on Emilia Romagna region

Ganzaroli, Andrea (contributor); … - 2006

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The case of the Top Technology Region/Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen triangle (TTR-ELAt) – regions and innovation : collaborating across borders

Nauwelaers, Claire; Maguire, Karen; Marsan, Giulia Ajmone - 2013

The Top Technology Region/Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen triangle (TTR-ELAt) is an initiative to support cross-border collaboration in a densely populated network of small and medium-sized cities located at the heart of western Europe with an annual economic output of USD 244 billion. The collaboration...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230720

Agglomeration economies, competitiveness and entrepreneurial performance

Komlósi, Éva; Páger, Balázs - 2015

This paper aims to elaborate the role of agglomeration effects on countries' competitiveness and entrepreneurial performance. Our research contributes to the understanding of the relationship that exists between a country's urban system characterized by spatial agglomeration (concentration) or...

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A Zidane clustering theorem : why top players tend to play in one team and how the competitive balance can be restored

Vöpel, Henning - 2013 - Rev. version

Empirical evidence suggests that top players often play together in one team. Based on the "O-ring theory" (Kremer 1993) a Zidane clustering theorem is derived. It is argued that the best midfielder is most efficiently allocated when combined with an ace striker, and vice versa. This implies...

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Evolutionary economic policy and competitiveness

Peneder, Michael - 2023

This paper advances a dynamic rationale for competitiveness policy that focuses on an economy's ability to evolve in order to achieve high real incomes along with desired qualitative changes in the socio-economic system. It highlights that the ubiquitous 'rationalities of failure,' either of...

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Import competition and vertical integration : evidence from India

Stiebale, Joel; Vencappa, Dev - 2018

Recent theoretical contributions provide conflicting predictions about the effects of product market competition on … analyze the relationship between import competition and vertical integration. Exploiting exogenous variation from changes in … India's trade policy, we find that foreign competition, induced by falling output tariffs, increases backward vertical …

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Competitiveness and clusters : implications for a new European growth strategy

Ketels, Christian H. - 2015

This paper develops policy recommendations on the use of cluster-based economic policies and the adoption of a new 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...

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Competitiveness, clusters and policy at the regional level : rhetoric vs. practice in designing policy for depressed regions

Pessoa, Argentino - 2010

This paper reviews the most important theoretical foundations of the spatial competitiveness conception, dealing with three levels of competitiveness: the country, the region and the tourism destination. Consequently, it draws attention to the main aspects that such concepts of competitiveness...

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Does light touch cluster policy work? : evaluating the Tech City programme

Nathan, Max - 2019

Despite academic scepticism, cluster policies remain popular with policymakers. This paper evaluates the causal impact of a flagship UK technology cluster programme. I build a simple framework and identify effects using difference-in-differences and synthetic controls on rich microdata. I...

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Cluster policy, innovation, and firm productivity : an econometric assessment of the Flemish Spearhead Cluster Program

Angelino, Pierluigi; Czarnitzki, Dirk; Volckaert, Astrid - 2024 - This version: May 2024

The Flemish government launched its Spearhead Cluster (SHC) policy in 2017. The aim is to boost strategic sectors by setting up cluster initiatives which coordinate collaborative R&D initiatives. In this paper, we analyze whether becoming a member of such a cluster initiative has an impact on...

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