The present contribution develops on the analysis of clusters in terms of proximities by exploring the issue of distant …

In the US and Europe many clusters initiatives have recently been launched. National and regional governments have been … defining and implementing clusters policies and programmes with the aim to identifying, launching and finally consolidating … international competitive clusters in their respective territories. In this context, The Ministry of Industry Commerce and Tourism …

The boom of clusters is leading to an 'explosion' of initiatives which in many cases lack an integrated approach. There … characterizing variables to identify and understand clusters at regional level. It has been tested in four Spanish regions with … different economic profiles and a number of clusters, their impact and competitive levels have been analyzed. The methodology …

increasingly related to high technology and innovation in order to analysis technological districts or clusters. The aim of this … characteristics with Marshallian industrial districts. These contributions have analysed the competitiveness of these new areas and … research is to show how these new areas have characteristics are not similar to those shown by traditional industrial districts …

national or regional economy. There are many empirical studies determining potential clusters from interindustry flows directly … sectors share a similar growth and development path, we will try to uncover clusters from sectoral dynamics, by applying a … based cluster templates with interindustry based ones, using Portuguese input-output data. Identifying regional clusters and …

Creative industries are highly concentrated forming clusters. One of the main problems for the identification of … clusters of creative industries in Europe is the lack of data, constrained in practice to regions (NUTS 2) and influenced by … level and geostatistical modeling to identify clusters of creative industries in fifteen European countries. The procedure …

'creative professionals' - ibid.). Therefore, the aim is to connect creative or innovative clusters of firms (where creative pro … and core mainly work) with creative urban districts characterized by intense cultural and artistic, driven by Bohemians …