Clusters, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
This publication explores the success of major innovation and entrepreneurship clusters
in OECD countries, the challenges they now face in sustaining their positions and
the lessons for other places seeking to build successful clusters. What are the key
factors for cluster success? What problems are emerging on the horizon? Which is
the appropriate role of the public sector in supporting the expansion of clusters
and overcoming the obstacles?
The book addresses these and other issues, analysing seven internationally reputed
clusters in depth: Grenoble in France, Vienna in Austria, Waterloo in Canada, Dunedin
in New Zealand, Medicon Valley in Scandinavia, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom,
and Madison, Wisconsin, in the United States. For each cluster, it looks at the factors
that have contributed to its growth, the impact of the cluster on local entrepreneurship
performance, and the challenges faced for further expansion. It also puts forward
a set of policy recommendations geared to the broader context of cluster development.
This publication is essential reading for policy makers, practitioners and academics
wishing to obtain good practices in cluster development and guidance on how to enhance
the economic impact of clusters.
Published on July 17, 2009Also available in: French
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