Expertise - All publications
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 as a tool for the Challenges of Development
By Davide BevacquaThe paper discusses the cluster as a tool for the challenges of development. Clusters provide the welfare, that is a result of country's...
Instruments of development of cluster policy - Stages, models, international practice
By Davide BevacquaThe purpose of this paper is researching aspects of the development of cluster initiatives of territorial economic systems and government...
European Cluster Trends Methodological Report
By ECCP TeamThis paper presents a conceptual framework and methodologies to be applied in the identification of trends in cluster dynamics and, in...
Cluster Programmes in Europe
By European Cluster ObservatoryThe report provides an overview of national (and some regional) cluster programmes across the EU, Montenegro, Norway, and Turkey. It maps...
Implementing cluster policies: organisational dilemmas, pathologies and evaluation - The case of a French policy-driven cluster
By Davide BevacquaAs “cluster” became a new buzzword, governments around the world increasingly implement cluster policies. However, a relevance gap is...
Cluster policy relevance on regional development
By Davide BevacquaThe importance of an enabling environment for business and entrepreneurship, particularly for SMEs is complemented by the need to improve...
New State Economic Policy - Cluster policy as the factor of innovative development of Europe
By Davide BevacquaThe article shows how the coordination between states, businesses, science and education is crucial for long-term economic development, and...
New Approaches to Improve the Performance of Cluster Management Organisations in Europe
By Davide BevacquaThe study seeks to contribute to the upcoming discussion how to provide better support schemes for cluster management organisations (and...
Comparing cluster policies - An analytical framework
By Davide Bevacqua"This paper outlines and deliver key triggers of a successful regional cluster policy. It first makes a broad reflection on the theory of...
Comparing Top-Down and Bottom-Up Cluster Initiatives from a Principal-Agent Perspective - What We Can Learn for Designing Governance Regimes
By Davide BevacquaThe paper compares the governance regimes of top-down and bottom-up cluster initiatives by using a classic principal-agent framework...