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The purpose of this Smart Guide is to provide guidance to cluster policy makers and cluster managers in designing and implementing...

This Smart Guide provides guidance to European Strategic Cluster Partnerships (ESCP) on how to develop a successful partnership strategy and...

This fourth edition of the Oslo Manual takes account of major trends such as, the pervasive role of global value chains; the emergence of...

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

The presentation presents a method for cluster mapping. It explains the link between clusters and the data available at European level to...

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

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

This paper presents a conceptual framework and methodologies to be applied in the identification of trends in cluster dynamics and, in...

The paper introduces the concept of clusters: which types exist, how they work, which benefits they provide. It then explains the role...

The handbook provides a practical handbook for policy makers to design and succesfully implement cluster policies and programmes. The report...