Over the last decade, the cluster approach has attracted the attention of researchers and
policy makers in various countries. Since the mid-1980s, the cluster concept has received a …

The models of production management and business organization have been constantly
improving. Industrial conglomerates have emerged in the last decades, resulting in large …

Clusters are important elements in regional development (Porter 2000; Martin and Sunley
2003; Malmberg and Maskell 2002). Firms in clusters exhibit stronger growth and …

More innovation financing, incubating and coaching would be helpful for European
biotechnology. Venture capital is available for all stages of biotech company development …

This chapter deals with the question raised in Chapter 4—namely,“Why has the biomedical
cluster in Ohio grown faster and become more fully developed than that in Sweden?” By …

Medicon Valley is a bi-national life science cluster located in the√ òresund region. This
cross-boder region includes a Swedish side and a Danish one. The fact of being a bi …

The present paper aims at answering the question how cluster organization functions are
implemented in a high-tech, a medium to high-tech and a low to medium-tech cluster. Data …

The article aims to characterize the significance of cluster policy (cluster-based policy) for
the development of world-class clusters. It indicates that the clusters functioning in the …

In this paper we discuss the cluster as a tool for the Challenges of Development. Our
opinions are based upon the conclusions of the EU Commission Communications, scientists …