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 …In recent decades industrial clusters and agglomerations were recognized as drivers of regional and often national …

aims at analyzing and comparing cluster policies in the institutional context of two transition countries (Serbia and … there. The case studies offer insights into apparent difficulties of clusters in bridging formal institutional voids, as … well as, notably, into the informal void of skill mismatches in the labor market. Still, for some specific voids, clusters …

The paper aims to examine the role of academic institutions in the development of the ICT cluster of the Waterloo … Region in Ontario, Canada. The regional economic impact of clusters as well as academic institutions relies heavily on its … companies and supporting organisations that the ICT cluster would not exist without the academic institutions which act as …

East Germany on the basis of prosperous regional networks. Besides the direct support of networks and innovation activities …, the program was meant to trigger the regional development in East Germany. While existing studies examine whether the …

cluster policies in Japan, Germany, and France as well as six prominent biotechnology clusters in these countries. Information … on the focal clusters and on the management of cluster policies was obtained using semi-structured interviews with … conditions of clusters and that the patterns of national cluster policy are closely related to those of local cluster management …