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About TCI
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Conferences
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Conferences, meetings, networking and future activities.
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About competitiveness
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Theory about competitiveness
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News
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News from TCI, divided into the categories: members news, Conferences and events and Recent publications
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Membership
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How to join TCI network
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Cluster Portals
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Most cluster initiatives support their own website, presenting their associations, their activities and new events or using it as a networking tool among its members. Here you will find a selection of links to these portals.
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Knowledge services
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Washington DC Forum
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The Developing Countries Forum has been launched on October 25, 2005 in Washington DC. Regular meetings are organized to discuss issues related to competitiveness and developing countries. These meetings are open to all interested TCI members and Donor organizations.
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Open Projects Forum
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This Forum is for you to place your announcement whether you are looking for or offering job opportunities and open projects. This service is free for TCI members and available at a small fee for non members. Please contact us (info @ competitiveness.org), if you want to publish an offer!
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Platform on Evaluation
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TCI Activities
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This article by Christian Ketels, Harvard Business school looks at European clusters.
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| Governmental role
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This paper was developed for the 4th Annual Innovation Systems Research Network meeting held in Ottawa, Canada in May, 2003.
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| Evaluation of Cluster Initiatives
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This 1999 paper discusses the idea whether Liquid Crystal (LC)Optics Manufacturing is a US microcluster.
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| Evaluation of Cluster Initiatives
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This report was produced for the Bologna conference for ministers responsible for SME's and industry ministers, 2000.
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| Networking
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This paper was written for the Foundation of SME Development, University of Durham.
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| Institutions with Research in Cluster Related Issues
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This paper was presented by Michael Enright during the Workshop on Globalization of Multinational Enterprise Activity and Economic Development, at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, 1999.
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| Reports and Studies
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This report was presented at the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and development) at the conference in China in 2001.
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| Papers on Cluster/ Regional Development
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Baden-Württemberg in Germany enhances the development of its Open-Source-Cluster with a package of new initiatives. The MFG (Center of Competence for Media and IT) is the motor behind some of the measures taken. The aim is to create competitive advantages and employment through the use of open-source-software in research, the economy and administration.
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| Europe
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A paper by Grant Thornton (an interntational group of financial advisors) on whether UK entrepreneurs need more support to build up a sustainable technology sector and if the US is still the best model to follow.
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| Institutions with Research in Cluster Related Issues
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Most existing clusters were not planned but grew spontaneously and have continued to be self-organised and self-sustaining. However, sometimes clusters do not maximise their capabilities due to a lack of structure or incapability to self-govern. In these cases, public intervention is the preferred policy.
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