Publications

Piero Formica, member of TCI Board of Advisors and currently Head of the Centre of Entrepreneurship at the Higher College of Technology in Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Marie Curie Professor of Knowledge Economy and Entrepreneurship and the University of Tartu (Estonia) has recently published a essay on Knowledge Economy.

On 13 October 2004 the World Economic Forum presented in Geneva, Switzerland The Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005. For the second year in a row Finland remains the most competitive economy in the world.

"Too Many with Too Little - The Challenges for India's Development Paradigm'' is the title of a publication by the the Regional UNIDO Director, George B. Assaf, in which he emphasizes the importance of cluster development for India.

The long awaited Whitebook is available for download! Based on the results of last year's TCI conference in Gothenburg, this Whitebook gives a kind of "state of the art" of cluster policies. Written by Dr. Thomas Andersson and his international team from IKED, it also played an important role in our Annual Conference in Ottawa. Each participant received a free hard copy of the Whitebook and some issues were discussed in different breakout sessions.

Christian Blanc, deputy of the Yvelines parliament (France) has published the results of a study for a report to the Prime Minister on competitiveness in France and proposes an action plan to reveal the poles of competitiveness: "Pour un écosysteme de la croissance". The central objective is to build an autonomous growth engine pulled by innovation.

102 German Networks of Competence in 21 fields of innovation and 32 German regions present their innovative strengths in an Annual Report.

Christian Ketels of Harvard Business School in a recently published article named "Structural Change in Europe 3 - Innovative City and Business Regions" discusses the role of clusters in the European Union.

The executive summary and the introductory chapter of the white book with the results of last year's TCI conference in Gothenburg is now available for download.

The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has recently published "A practical guide for developing clusters". This guide provides a snapshot of existing clusters across the United Kingdom and informs about the development of clusters policy.

This Discussion paper is the outcome of several cluster workshops, seminars and interviews conducted by a cluster working group from the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development in Victoria, Australia. The aim was to contribute to the development of a cluster policy framework in Victoria and provides, not only a comprehensive overview of clusters and the economic situation of Victoria, but also proposals for a Cluster Facilitation Program.