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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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Selected risks perceived by SMEs related to sustainable entrepreneurship in case of engagement into cluster cooperation
By Davide BevacquaSmall and medium enterprises carry out their activities in a dynamic environment that is affected by various processes that also impact...
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...
Custer mapping as a tool for development
By Davide BevacquaThe article provides an analytical approach to cluster mapping, to be used also by policymakers to better inform their decisions.
Network, clusters and innovations - Three essays
By Davide BevacquaThe three papers encompassing this PhD thesis cover the following topics: literature review on the impact of network cluster structure on...
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and implications for innovative cluster policies
By Davide BevacquaThis paper argues how the Fourth Industrial Revolution can change the global production chain and how core technologies function in...
Cluster policy in an evolutionary world? Rationales, instruments and policy learning
By Davide BevacquaDespite the popularity of the concept of "cluster of innovation" and its widespread use in policy, surprisingly little is understood...
Public cluster policy and neighboring regions - Beggar-thy-neighbor?
By Davide BevacquaThe paper studies the spillover effect public cluster policy has on neighboring regions. It evaluates public cluster policy, reasons behind...