Cluster policy is recognized as one of the pivotal elements of state-of-art innovation policy. State support for … innovation policy drafting and implementation. Cluster development stimulates trust building and enhances knowledge spillovers … among different organizations in the region. Finally the cluster approach makes innovation policy more systemic by …

organization of inventive activities within the technological innovation systems for wind power and photovoltaic in Germany since …

the most controversial themes in the research of innovation systems, regional networks and new economic geography. While … collaborative R&D projects that were funded within the "Leading-Edge Cluster Competition" - the main national cluster funding … program in Germany in recent years. We find that the perception of the necessity of spatial proximity for project success is …

capabilities. Our study of the total population of one Spanish cluster of fishing firms shows that the effects of centrality on a …: strength and degree of cognitive cohesion. Specifically, our results indicate that the centrality of a firm within the cluster … results with regard to the strategic benefits of a firm’s centrality in a cluster and the relational characteristics of its …

economy and answer the question what role clusters can play in the innovation system. Based on a survey of 44 cluster …This article presents the role of clusters in the Polish innovation system. This role has evolved in recent years due … to maturing of cluster organisations and the expansion of their ability not just to provide services for cluster members …

We study the effects of a German national cluster policy on the structure of collaboration networks. The empirical … analysis is based on original data that was collected in fall 2011 and late summer 2013 with cluster actors (firms and public … initiating new cooperation between cluster actors and in intensifying existing linkages. Newly formed linkages are to a …