Clustering and the Creation of an Innovation-Oriented Environment for Industrial Competitiveness: Beware of Overly Optimistic Expectations

Abstract

In the course of the 1990s, clusters became a target for local and regional initiatives to promote competitiveness and job-creation. What played an important role in putting clusters onto the policy agenda was a 1990 book by management guru Michael Porter, The Competitive Advantage of Nations, which in fact was much more about subnational regions

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