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Discover the latest reports and studies featuring insights and recommendations from experienced cluster practitioners, along with expert analysis on emerging trends and policy measures within the ECCP community.

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Regional cluster policies in Germany - Challenges, impacts and evaluation practices

By Davide Bevacqua

This paper seeks to contribute to the growing literature on cluster-policy evaluation in three ways: firstly, it focuses on regional cluster...

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Rethinking cluster initiatives

By Davide Bevacqua

Report whose purpose is to help regional leaders focused on economic development confidently and knowledgeably embrace cluster initiatives...

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Cluster strategies and smart specialisation strategy - Do they really leverage on knowledge and innovation-driven territorial growth?

By Davide Bevacqua

The aim of this paper is to explore and investigate the notion of cluster strategies and smart specialisation strategy as a twin perspective...

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European Cluster Policy Forum

By Deloitte, VVA, SPI, et al.

The input paper to the Policy Forum provides a mapping of cluster support initatives that invest in cluster development, promote the...

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Smart guide to cluster policy

By Clusters, Social Economy and Entrepreneurship unit of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs in cooperation with the Smart and Sustainable Growth unit of the Directorate-General for Regional

The Smart Guide to Cluster Policy is a new tool for policy-makers and practitioners to support industrial modernisation, SME growth and...

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Impact evaluation of cluster development programmes

By Davide Bevacqua

Cluster development programmes (CDPs) aim to support industrial clusters of agglomerated firms to achieve higher productivity and...

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The impact of cluster policy on innovation

By Davide Bevacqua

This handbook chapter seeks to address the evidence gap between the widespread presence of clusters and the question of whether public...

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Cluster as a tool for the Challenges of Development

By Davide Bevacqua

The paper discusses the cluster as a tool for the challenges of development. Clusters provide the welfare, that is a result of country's...

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Instruments of development of cluster policy - Stages, models, international practice

By Davide Bevacqua

The purpose of this paper is researching aspects of the development of cluster initiatives of territorial economic systems and government...

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Cluster Programmes in Europe

By European Cluster Observatory

The report provides an overview of national (and some regional) cluster programmes across the EU, Montenegro, Norway, and Turkey. It maps...

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