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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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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...
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...
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.
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...