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TCI News letter July 2003

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Boris Doesborg <bdoesborg[nospamplease]@competitiveness.org>

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Innovative Clusters - A New Challenge
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We will be warmly challenged and inspired by the Swedish team who are well
prepared to welcome us to Gothenburg next month. A smorgasbord of presenters
are lined up from the four corners of the world, exploring from different
dimensions the theme of 'Innovative Clusters'. Built into the programme is
interaction and discussion time in small workshops.

The Cluster Initiative Greenbook, which will be presented for the first time
at the conference, is one of the most comprehensive reviews ever undertaken
of clustering initiatives, drawing on 200 cluster projects from across the
world . See http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/108/

On the final day in Gothenburg, we are indeed fortunate to have Professor
Michael Porter joining us with his keynote address.

If you have not already secured a place at the conference, please do so
promptly. Visit: http://www.competititveness.org/gothenburg
I look forward to seeing you next month at Gothenburg.

Ifor Ffowcs-Williams - president@competitiveness.org

+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/gothenburg

TCI conference 2003 - The green book
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The Cluster Initiative Greenbook will be presented at the TCI
conference in September in Gothenburg. Among other things, it
presents the outcome of a survey of more than 200 cluster
initiatives across the world.

+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/108/

Porter on London
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Michael Porter addressed 'oneLondon' recently, on how to provide
practical solutions for deprived areas in the UK's capital.
OneLondon is an organization dedicated to innovation and
inclusion. It is formed by members from both private and public
sectors of business.

+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/106/

Maintaining competitive advantage by exploiting tacit knowledge
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Speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia,
special guest Dr. Peter Brain gave a lucid and insightful
overview of the importance of tacit knowledge for the success of
economies at the regional level.

+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/102/

The US National Science Foundation supports effective cluster
conferences
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The United States National Science Foundation (NSF), through the
Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES) supports research
within economic, decision and management sciences clusters.

+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/107/

Cluster Knowledge Centre
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One of the initiatives developed at the TCI Board meeting in
Gothenburg in May was that of a 'Cluster Knowledge Centre'.
Whilst there are a growing number of quality resources that are
available including the internet and published references, TCI
members and other cluster practitioners still have unsatisfied
knowledge needs.

+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/111/
(Only for TCI members)

The agrifood biotech cluster - Canada
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Saskatoon's technology cluster is one of the bigger agricultural
and food biotechnology clusters in the world. It has more than 20
years of history within the province of Saskatchewan, with a
reputation for introducing "world firsts" into the market
establishing itself as Canada's centre for plant and animal
genome science.

+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/87/

Congestion and environmental degradation threaten viability of
NETA
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The EU has been researching ways to alleviate problems within the
Northern European Trade Axis (NETA), running through six
countries: Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and
Poland.

+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/104/

Cluster practitioners from 24 countries share their experiences
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150 cluster practitioners from 24 countries, among them many
TCI-members, participated in the European Seminar on Cluster
Policy held on 10 June in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Papers and presentations from the seminar can now be downloaded
from the seminar's website.

+ Read more: http://www.competitiveness.org/article/view/100/

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