Reports and Studies

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

Articles

Promoting good relationships between local authorities and their business communities

A report prepared for Local Government New Zealand from a survey which was undertaken on the relationships between local authorities and local businesses.

Regional policy in the regions

A report which compares the economic policies in differing regions in European countries. Four countries were selected and their regional policies compared: Denmark, France, England and Belguim.

Report on trends in European cluster policy

This paper identifies the general trends within the activities of the EU Member States an accesssion countries in the field of cluster policy as part of the Trend Chart.

Small and medium enterprise outlook

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

Small industry clusters, accumulation of technological capabilities and development: A conceptual fr

A paper by the Eindhoven Centre for Innovation studies on the accumulation of technological capabilities.

Strategic change and clusters in Catalonia

This is a report commissioned by the Generalitat de Catalonia on strategic change and clusters in Catalonia.

Study: Map of Local Industrial Production Systems in Catalonia

The purpose of this study is to contribute to increasing people's awareness of the production sector in Catalonia and the factors that can help us understand the different behaviour observed.

The added value of the industrty cluster approach to economic analysis and strategy development

This report discusses the new issues which are being faced and the new approach, cluster-based economic analysis and strategy development, that is being used to go about this.

The Cluster Initiative "Greenbook"

The Cluster Initiative Greenbook was presented at the TCI conference in Gothenburg 2003. It presents the outcome of a survey of more than 250 cluster initiatives across the world.

The globalization of competition and the localization of competitive advantage

This paper was presented by Michael Enright during the Workshop on Globalization of Multinational Enterprise Activity and Economic Development, at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, 1999.

Files

UK cluster report - North East: UKNorthEastcluster.pdf
UK cluster report - Norhtern Ireland: UkNorthIrelandcluster.pdf
UK cluster report - North West: UkNorthwestcluster.pdf
UK cluster report - Scotland: UKScotlandcluster.pdf
UK cluster report - South East: Uksoutheastcluster.pdf
UK cluster report - South West: UkSouthwestcluster.pdf
UK cluster report - West Midlands: UKWestmidlands.pdf
UK cluster report - Yorkshire: UKYorkshirecluster.pdf