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A word from the vice president
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The first Cluster Policies Whitebook is now ready and available
on the TCI website. This book will be used in many ways. To some
extent the authors have helped to position the phenomenon of
clusters in the knowledge field of economics - thereby reaching
out for both the professors and policy makers in this particular
and important field.
For those of you who are neither professors or ministers, please
keep in mind that Part II is focused on practice and contains
material drawn directly from mini-forums from last years' TCI
Conference in Gothenburg.
The value of the Whitebook will be put to a test in the up coming
Ottawa Conference. Each TCI member is offered to participate in
one out of eight major discussions from the book as proposed by
the authors, the executive committee of TCI and the organizers.
The conclusions in Ottawa and the "living document" on the TCI
web will then be assessed by the Executive Committee and its
Advisory Board.
My feeling is that more balance would be achieved by inputs from
social psychology and sociology. Who would volunteer for "The
sociology of clusters"?

Lars Eklund
Vice-President of TCI

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The Competitiveness Institute Newsletter, Sep 1, 2004
Building innovative cluster for competitive advantage
TCI's annual Conference Ottawa, Canada
September 27 - October 1, 2004
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Too Many with Too Little
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"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.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/245

Challenges for Clusters in Slovenia
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A Summary of the 1st international conference of Slovenian
clusters held in Bled.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/244

Initiation of the Northern Clustering Alliance
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A meeting was held recently in Silverskär, Åland, Finland to
address the national initiatives of the recently formed Northern
Clustering Alliance. The network is driven by the needs for
competitiveness and innovation; the demand for tailored micro
economic policies including cluster development will increase
sharply in the Baltic Sea Region.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/251

The Cluster Policies Whitebook
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The long awaited Whitebook is now 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 will also play an important role in our next Annual
Conference in Ottawa.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/241

Thai region ready for cluster development
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During a cluster road show led by the Office of the National
Competitiveness Committee mid August , Thai north eastern
province Nong Khai showed its readiness to encourage cluster
development.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/247

Results from TCI questionnaire: Barriers and solutions for
evolving clusters
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In January 2004 TCI distributed an electronic questionnaire to
all TCI members. The questionnaire sought to identify the
barriers which most commonly impede the cluster formation
processes - and it also sought to identify examples of clusters
successfully overcoming these obstacles.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/250

Victoria (Australia) launches RFID cluster
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Victoria, Australia's south eastern state has started a cluster
for the radio frequency identification (RFID) industry. The
launch of the cluster, named VIC RFID Action, was announced by
the Victorian ITC Minister, Marsha Thomson earlier this month.
More » http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/246

New members through the conference!
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Kjell Olsson from the Scania Food Company in Sweden
Magnus Nilsson from the School of Economics and Management at
Lund University in Sweden
Sutham Vanichseni from SVI Initiatives Ltd. in Thailand
Joao Zaleski from Santa Catarina in Brazil
Jean-Guy Chauvin from eDayNova in Canada
Charles Bourgois from Montréal International in Canada
Flavia Leung from the National Research Council in Canada
Anja Cotic-Svetina from the Faculty of Economics of the
University of Ljubljana in Slovenia
Diane Law from Industry Canada
Victor Jordan from Invest N.I. in Northern Ireland
Dermot O'Doherty from Intertrade Ireland in Northern Ireland
Olivia Cosgrove from ICBAN in Northern Ireland
John Price from N.I. E Government Unit in Northern Ireland
Rita Byvelds and Kevin Montgomery from the Ministry of Municipal
Affairs and Housing in Canada
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