Implementing cluster policies: organisational dilemmas, pathologies and evaluation - The case of a French policy-driven cluster

As “cluster” became a new buzzword, governments around the world increasingly implement cluster policies. However, a relevance gap is growing between cluster research and practice. Scholars build theories about the roles of clusters as powerful entities fostering innovation and competitiveness. Meanwhile, governments and policy-driven cluster organizations struggle to manage these highly entangled objects. This PhD thesis addresses such a relevance gap.