Reports and Studies

In this section you will find studies and reports on cluster related topics.

Articles

Annual report Kompetenznetze 2004/05

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

CEPAL document. SMEs and productive links

Pymes y articulación productiva. Resultados y lecciones a partir de experiencias en América Latina.
Documento que analiza distintos proyectos de articulación productiva en once países de Latinoamérica que buscan mejorar la competitividad de las pequeñas empresas mediante la asociatividad y distintas formas de integración productiva.

Cluster building and networking

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.

Competitiveness Partnership - Public-Private Dialogue

The World Bank and the DFID are organizing a workshop on Public-Private Dialogue in Paris, February 1-2, 2006 in The World Bank Paris Conference Center.

Corporate Governance in a Clustered World

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.

Creating Smart Systems: A guide to cluster strategies in less favoured regions

Stuart Rosenfeld (2001): Creating Smart Systems: A guide to cluster strategies in less favoured regions; European Union-Regional Innovation Strategies.
This publication focuses instead on cluster-based actions that are appropriate to less advantaged regions. It provides a menu of actions appropriate to clusters in less favoured regions that have been used successfully to improve cluster competitiveness.

Development of Clusters and Networks of SMEs - The UNIDO Programme

The Programme "Development of Clusters and Networks of SMEs" is one of the programmes implemented by the UNIDO Private Sector Development Branch. This report of 2001 describes the methodologies the programme's approach and gives some examples from experience.

Files

UK cluster report - Wales: UKWalescluster.pdf
Report on the cluster basedeconomic analysis and strategy development using Arizona as an example.: 0602INDUSTRYCLUSTER.pdf
Cluster Strategy of the Canton of Berne -Focus Sectors Denis Grisel, CEO of the Berne Economic Development Agency (BEDA) (ICT, Medical, Engineering, service industry, consulting, environmental, desig: Bern Clusterstrategie.pdf
The example of Barcelona as a design centre.: cluster diseño BCN - roig.pdf
DTI- report (1999) on Biotechnology cluster: DTI-BiotechnologyCluster-report1999.pdf
This paper explores the sustainablility of a process of continuous innovation in clusters based on traditional industries.: Farinelli-mytelka paper.pdf
A European report on clusters by a group of experts from various EU countries: final_report_clusters_en EU Commission 2003.pdf
A report on the Finnish wood and forest industry cluster and European benchmarking study.: Finnish wood-forest cluster.pdf
Stuart Rosenfeld (2002): Creating Smart Systems - A guide to cluster strategies in less favoured regions; European Union-Regional Innovation Strategies: guide_rosenfeld_final clusters EU.pdf
From the industrial district to the district group: an insight into the evolution of local capitalism in Italy: industrial districts ER.rtf