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The paper provides and overview of evaluation methods (especially for ex-post analysis), covering both micro- and macroeonomic approaches

The study presents and overview of the European Cluster Mapping project, its main finding and the implications for future efforts and policy.

Cluster policy implementation requires careful management if the different actors are to be properly engaged and committed. This article argues that a great deal rests upon the quality of leadership both at the strategic level of regions, or other administrative scales, and of individual projects or initiatives such as cluster support organisations. Furthermore, it examines cluster policy in the...

This publication explores the success of major innovation and entrepreneurship clusters in OECD countries, the challenges they now face in sustaining their positions and the lessons for other places seeking to build successful clusters. For each cluster, it looks at the factors that have contributed to its growth, the impact of the cluster on local entrepreneurship performance, and the challenges...

The presentation explains the EU role in promoting clusters, provides an historical background, shows the relation between clusters and innovation with regional examples, and presents the European Cluster Observatory

For the purpose of increasing and sustaining business and regional long-term competitiveness, information and training modules were
developed to enrich cluster development policies with tools that give incentives for and facilitate ‘outward-looking’ (open innovation) and forward-looking (foresight, technology assessment) activities and thus provide strategic guidance for developing future-proof...

The manual provides an encompassing and concise overview of methods and instruments of cluster management. Developed for a mission in Croatia, it is suitable for a worldwide use. In addition to being useful for cluster management as such, it can also be applied to other forms of enterprise cooperation which go beyond pure supplier-buyerrelationships, such as: industry and technology parks...

The manual provides an encompassing and concise overview of methods and instruments of cluster management. Developed for a mission in Croatia, it is suitable for a worldwide use. In addition to being useful for cluster management as such, it can also be applied to other forms of enterprise cooperation which go beyond pure supplier-buyer relationships, such as: industry and technology parks...

The overall aim of this PhD thesis is to contribute to the research aimed at enhancing regional economic development and to increase the understanding of as well as give insights into local economic development processes aimed at meeting global challenges in a peripheral region.

The article explored the pros and cons of the 'best practices' method used by the EC to promote an harmonised and EU-wide cluster policy. This creates issues such one size fits all approaches.