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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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Cluster policy resilience - New challenges for a mature policy
By Davide BevacquaThree sets of challenges for what is now a mature policy are highlighted in this paper: the links between clusters, cluster policies and...
Regional cluster policies in Germany - Challenges, impacts and evaluation practices
By Davide BevacquaThis paper seeks to contribute to the growing literature on cluster-policy evaluation in three ways: firstly, it focuses on regional cluster...
Cluster Policy Resilience: New Challenges for a Mature Policy
By ECCP TeamCluster policy has proved to be an extremely resilient feature of the regional competitiveness policy landscape over thirty years. To...
Factors of Cluster Initiatives Management
By ECCP TeamThe paper identifies Critical Success Factors of cluster initiatives management. The study was based on interviews conducted among European...
Why superclusters are engines of future growth
By Davide BevacquaInnovations superclusters are large system-level government-led initiatives to drive and accelerate national innovation programs. While a...
Comparison of Training Programmes and Activities for Cluster Managers in Europe with Respect to Their Focus on Skills Development
By Davide BevacquaThe role of cluster manager and his/her development is an essential element in order to gain a competitive advantage and to ensure...
Cluster strategies and smart specialisation strategy - Do they really leverage on knowledge and innovation-driven territorial growth?
By Davide BevacquaThe aim of this paper is to explore and investigate the notion of cluster strategies and smart specialisation strategy as a twin perspective...
European Cluster Policy updates
By ECCP TeamThe presentation sets out the European cluster policy and explains how clusters can support value chain innovation and industrial...
EU Cluster Policies and challenges ahead
By ECCP TeamThe presentation provides an overview of the efforts of the European Commission to support clusters.
New developments in EU Cluster Policy
By ECCP TeamThe presentation focuses on the Cluster policy of the European Commission, presenting achievments so far and highlighting ongoing and...