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The Competitiveness Institute Newsletter, Jan 22, 2004
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*** Regional Search Conference in Dar es Salaam ***
February 18-20, 2004. Tanzania, Africa
<http://www.competitiveness.org/article/articleview/158>
Information: mwamila@ce.udsm.ac.tz

A word from our Special Advisor Erik von Bahr
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This first TCI Newsletter of the year 2004 highlights only some
of the many activities in competitiveness upgrading and cluster
development that are currently underway around the world. Next
month the Executive Committee will have the possibility to meet
the Board of Advisors in Boston and discuss different topics,
like the overall strategy of TCI and the results of the White
Book.

This year TCI will promote many different conferences at a
regional level. We are especially glad as we could see that our
Annual Conference on Innovative Clusters, held in Gothenburg in
September 2003, inspired our participants from Tanzania to
organize a conference on clusters collaborating with the
University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Makerere University in
Uganda and Eduardo Mondlane University in Mozambique. This
regional conference/workshop will discuss Innovation Systems and
Innovation Clusters in Eastern Africa. I will participate into
this conference as Special Advisor to the Executive Committee of
the EMEA region and will report the results to you in our next
newsletter!

All the best for the new year!

Erik von Bahr

Tourism Clustering and Innovations
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New publication by the European Tourism Research Institute in
Sweden, focusing on tourism clustering.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/153

Regional Conference in Africa
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A wave of Cluster initiatives is sweeping all regions of the
world through. Africa, which until recently was silent on this
issue is organizing a Regional Conference on Innovation Systems
and Innovative Clusters that will take place in Bagamoyo,
Tanzania, from 18th -20th February 2004.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/158

Korea makes plan for textile boom
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During the seventies textiles were Korea's number one export item
accounting for nearly half of total exports. Since then the
numbers have decreased to only one quarter of what they were some
thirty years ago. For some time Korean textile companies pondered
how they might weave a stronger future for the industry, now it
seems their thoughts have been answered ... by the WTO.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/154

A 'brewing' cluster in Oregon
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Some two decades ago, small to medium sized firms in the micro
brewing business created the Oregon Brewers Guild. Since then the
Western U.S. state has been constructing a micro brewing cluster.
The cluster works effectively to generate information concerning
industry trends and techniques whilst successfully marketing its
products nationally and maintaining high standards amongst all
members.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/155

Washington and biotech - expensive in more ways than one
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Washington State's governor, Gary Locke, is currently promoting
Bio21, a plan that would pledge $250 million to the further
development of their biotech industry. Locke hopes to have
matching funds from private donors like Microsoft and Amgen, but
has yet to reveal all sources of funding.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/156

Philippine export development plan pushes clustering
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Early december the new export development plan was being
presented before the Phillipine House of Representatives.
Centerpiece of the strategy unfolded in the new plan is industry
clustering.
More ť http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/157

New members
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Patrick Dümmler is writing his PhD thesis about Clusters in
Switzerland at the IRL Institute of the ETH Zurich and published
already several articels about potential clusters in Switzerland,
their management and further development. He is asking if the
cluster concept could also be applied on service industries and
in which way, and interested in evaluation methods for cluster
performance.
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