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Case studies of clustering efforts in Europe

Posted on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 11:30AM by Registered CommenterAdmin | CommentsPost a Comment | References23 References

The European Presidency Conference on Innovation and Clusters was held in Stockholm on 22-23 January 2008, under the helm of the Slovenian Presidency of the EU. As one of the core publications of the event, The Cluster Competitiveness Group project team prepared an analysis on the potential of 25 European clustering efforts for promoting innovation and competitiveness. The report got a huge success, and was distributed to over 300 participants of the event. The leader of the case study work, Emiliano Duch, held a round table on the case study learning for some 110 participants in an overcrowded room.

The key case study question on whether the analysed clustering efforts have helped move the companies towards new market and knowledge relationships is particularly important now that the use of clustering tools is becoming widespread, sometimes in the hands of people who confuse the tool with the goal, i.e. institutionalising "officially recognized clusters", risking that companies, and specially intermediary institutions and associations, see that as an achievement, rather than as an important tool to develop innovation and competitiveness. The report is also available online .

To get a clearer picture of this important presentation, you can log in directly to hear what Emiliano Duch had to say to the European Policy Makers and Cluster associations in Stockholm

  • To view Emiliano Duch`s presentation ( Look under the titles: Round tables 23rd January / World Class Cluster Case

Also, you can watch Professor Michael E. Porter of The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (Harvard Business School) presentation in Stockholm

  • To view Professors Michael Porter's speech. Look under: Clusters, Innovation and Competitiveness

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