TCI Publications

The “Bluebook”, which can be defined as a follow-up book on cluster initiatives in developing and transition countries, was launched in 2006. The report stresses the need for cluster initiatives to be individually adapted to the local context.

Clusters: Balancing Evolutionary and Constructive Forces
This new publication on clusters was presented by its author, Örjan Sölvell at the 11th TCI Annual Global Conference in Cape Town 2008, South Africa. The Redbook is the outcome of many years of research around clusters, statistical cluster mapping, cluster initiatives, and cluster policy. It gives the reader an overview of the field, and shows how clusters can be used as a constructive tool, not only for scholars but also for cluster practitioners, industry, academic and political leaders, and civil servants working with clusters, regional development and innovation.

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 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.

Klaus Haasis and the team from MFG in Stuttgart received us and a group of TCI members working in the field of evaluation in their facilities on February 15 and 16 to discuss the next steps for the greenbook on evaluation, which will be presented at the annual conference in Portland this year.