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A short report on the region Andhra Pradesh in India on how they are trying to create economic opportunities for the region.

This paper was presented to The Competitiveness Institute at the 3rd Annual Conference, Clusters in the New Millennium. It examines the changing governance context of firms and clusters, and then formulates the considerations for a regionally based strategy for sustaining their growth.

Presentation on the Albanian meat processing cluster by the Albanian Centre for International Trade.

This is a report by the New Economy Initiative program - a public/private initiative coordinated by the Greater North Dakota Association. The New Economy has been set up in order to aid North Dakotans succesfully manage growth and change.

A report by OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) on small and medium enterprises in OECD countries.

A report by agiplan for the European Commission Directorate General Enterprise on transnational technology networking between existing clusters of SME's and one or more technology poles.

This paper tackles the controversial topic of local-knowledge spillovers.

This paper sets out current thinking on clusters and details the contribution a clusters approach can make to economic development. It is specifically aimed at cluster innitiatives in Victoria, Sydney.

A report by the Observatory of European SME's. The Observatory was set up in order to improve monitoring of the economic performance of SME's in Europe.

The Cluster Policies Whitebook combines two functions:
Firstly, it constitutes the proceedings of the 6th Global Conference of The Competitiveness Institute (TCI), which was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, the 17-19 September, 2003 on the theme "Innovative Clusters - A New Challenge". Secondly it aims to structure the opportunities and challenges for policymaking raised by cluster development.