conditions of governance? 2. What is the role of clusters in the development of territorial processes of collective learning? 3 … very much determinative for its economic development potential, is the nature of its territorial organization of the … in it. This article seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussion on the role of clusters as engines of economic and …

Value Chains: Production and Innovation Clusters -- Part II: Governance, Institutions and Hierarchies -- Chapter 4: Sugar … 9: Upgrading options for small cocoa producers in Guatemala -- Chapter 10 The Competitiveness of corn production from a … global value chain approach in the southern region of Costa Rica -- PART IV – Case studies in skill and knowledge - Intensive …

the member companies and the region where they agglomerate. …

economies, and to developed countries have launched competitiveness policies and cluster initiatives involving various … stakeholders. The paper addresses how clusters can be leveraged for economic policy and what the role of different stakeholders in …

In this paper, we shed light on the selection of the benefi ciaries from the French competitiveness cluster policy … both steps of the procedure, and that this holds for the three cluster types: worldwide clusters , potentially worldwide … clusters and national clusters . We thus provide a methodology which allows us to contrast the e ffective outcomes of the …

regional development because they provide the necessary support for research, innovation, competitiveness. … the next period by implementing the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. Clusters can be an important solution for …

especially apparent in economic development policy, as seen in the increasing support for cluster development at both national …