Cluster policies in Europe firms, institutions, and governance

This book provides a systematic, comprehensive, and independent comparative study of cluster policies in Europe. It focuses upon one very important relationship that has so far been neglected in the literature, namely, the extent to which the complex dynamics of multi-level governance (MLG) are resp...

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Main Author: Borrás, Susana
Other Authors: Tsagdis, Dimitrios
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham [England] Edward Elgar c2008
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Summary:This book provides a systematic, comprehensive, and independent comparative study of cluster policies in Europe. It focuses upon one very important relationship that has so far been neglected in the literature, namely, the extent to which the complex dynamics of multi-level governance (MLG) are responding to the problems and challenges faced by clusters, in particular the extent to which MLG learns and supports cluster learning
1. Cluster policies in Europe : governance and learning -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Cluster policy in Germany -- 4. Cluster policy in the United Kingdom -- 5. Cluster policy in Italy -- 6. Cluster policy in Slovenia -- 7. Cluster policy in the Czech Republic -- 8. Cluster policy in Romania -- 9. Comparative findings and conclusions
Physical Description:xvi, 288 p ill
ISBN:9781845427580
9781781007716
1845427580