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Agroholdings and clusters in Kazakhstan's agro-food sector

Wandel, Jürgen - 2009

Cluster-Initiative in Kasachstan in Frage gestellt. …-food sector of Kazakhstan in the course of transition. Emphasis is laid on more complex arrangements like agroholdings and … concentrated mainly in the northern part of Kazakhstan and to a large extent in the grain sector, while in the south a scattered …

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Sustainable Development Framework for Local Governance

Yap, Josef T.; Cabalfin, Michael R. - 2008

Over the past sixty years, the concept of development has expanded from economic growth and investment, to poverty reduction, human development, sustainable development, and more recently to institutional development. There has also been a fresh look at industrial policy and the role of the...

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German geographical research on Japan

Flüchter, Winfried - 2000

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The cluster-based development strategy in Kazakhstan's agro-food sector: A critical assessment from an Austrian perspective

Wandel, Jürgen - 2010

Austrian Market Process Theory. It is argued that already the theoretical foundations of the cluster concept suffer from severe … cluster development program in Kazakhstan's agro-food sectors shows that cluster facilitation in practice turned out to be …This paper challenges the uselfullness of the cluster-based development strategy to diversify and increase the …

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Regionale Innovationspolitik: Konzentration auf Hightech kann in die Irre führen

Stephan, Andreas; Weiss, Jan - In: DIW Wochenbericht 77 (2010) 29, pp. 8-11

Die Bewertung der Innovationsfähigkeit von Regionen hat vor dem Hintergrund des verschärften regionalen Wettbewerbs um Fördermittel an Bedeutung gewonnen. Zur Bestimmung des regionalen Innovationspotentials werden oftmals einfach zu erhebende Indikatoren wie die Anzahl der Patentanmeldungen...

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The influence of academic institutions on regional clusters using the ICT cluster of Waterloo, Ontario as an example

Bechtloff, Katharina - 2012

The paper aims to examine the role of academic institutions in the development of the ICT cluster of the Waterloo … universities does not automatically result in the development of an ICT cluster. In the region of Waterloo three academic … Learning - shape and stimulate the regional ICT cluster, which now includes up to 700 stakeholders from global market leaders …

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The influence of clusters on economic development. A comparative analysis of cluster policy in the European Union and Japan

Cheba, Katarzyna - 2015

within created cluster structures. The analysis of Japan's experience in this area is a valuable source of information for …

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Análisis de contenido de las publicaciones sobre clusters y distritos industriales en las revistas Españolas de economia

Capó-Vicedo, Josep; Martínez-Fernández, Maria Teresa; … - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 2, pp. 119-141

In recent decades, regional production patterns are the subject of scientific debate by researchers. However, there is a lack of previous literature review work. This gap advises us to perform a content analysis, choosing a sufficiently large temporal area, 1998 to 2008. We have selected the...

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Agglomeration, regional grants and firm location

Devereux, Michael P.; Griffith, Rachel; Simpson, Helen - 2004

We examine whether discretionary government grants influence the location of new plants, and how effective these incentives are in the presence of agglomeration and urbanisation externalities. We find evidence that regional industrial structure affects the location of new entrants. Firms in more...

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Cluster policy as a development strategy: Case studies from the Middle East and North Africa

Benner, Maximilian - 2012

Cluster policy has become a method of choice for policymakers in many countries. Promoting strong localized industries … era of globalization. If cluster policy is successful, it can contribute to the creation of employment and to the … initiation of growth processes in urban regions and even in some rural ones. This makes cluster policy an interesting tool for …

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