There is no universally accepted definition of a cluster. Experts in different regions of the world, however, have defined cluster as per respective national economies. Porter (2003) defines a cluster as a 'geographically proximate group of interconnected companies, suppliers, service providers...

The paper deals with the local networks and/or European clusters (the SMEs networking at local level and clustering at the European level). It focuses on ‘steps’ towards clustering and networking SMEs in the frame of a public involvement and/or sensitization process. SMEs’ capacity...

Analyzing the competitive performance of Romanian industry, one may say that Romania has an economy based mainly on the manufacturing industry, characterized by features such as: · high labor intensity, especially in industries such as textiles, knitwear, apparel, leather and footwear; · high...

Industrial Clusters are applied to a set of enterprises that have concentrated in a geographic region and an industrial branch and present the production and supply services and goods with cooperation and accomplish each other's activities and they enjoy from common Challenges and opportunities....