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Creative Industries Cluster Study

The three-stage study provides firm, sector and industry wide information on the scope, scale and dynamics of the creative digital industries in Australia. The study informs the development of a consolidated Australian Government response to support the growth of major, globally competitive Australian industries producing digital content and applications.

Industry Cluster Analysis for the NewVa Region of Virginia

This study of NewVA regions clusters and related economic characteristics provides insights on existing relationships, potential relationships, and gaps in the region’s existing economic structure. The goal is to help policy makers and economic development professionals focus attention on the industries likely to have the greatest impact on local economic growth.

Industrial Clustering and the Returns to Inventive Activity: Canadian Biotechnology Firms, 1991-2000

The authors examine how industrial clustering affects biotechnology firms innovativeness, contrasting similar firms not located in clusters or located in clusters that are or are not focused on the firms technological specialization. Using detailed firm level data, they find clustered firms are eight times more innovative than geographically remote firms, with largest effects for firms located in clusters strong in their own specialization.

Creating Economic Superclusters - Powerful Urban Universities are Reshaping Metropolitan Culture and Character

According to the authors, universities today are top-tier players in the creation of “economic superclusters” that bring together the resources of major medical institutions, corporate research and development, the government (often in the form of funding from the National Institutes of Health [NIH]), and venture capital. The emergence of this model has moved schools—especially those with urban campuses—to the front and center in discussions of regional and local economic development and its corollary in infrastructure development.

e-Clustering: An Innovative Approach for Economic Policy

In the state of Schleswig-Holstein, the strategy of economic policy is based on a concept which is known as “Cluster Building.” An economic cluster initiates the networking of all participants in a value-added chain. The objective is to bundle the potentials and competences for increasing the innovation power and competitiveness of the partners in a cluster.

Industrial Clusters and Poverty Reduction: Towards a Methodology for Poverty and Social Impact Assessment of Cluster Development Initiatives

This study addresses the relationship between industrial clusters and poverty. The focus on poverty is driven by contemporary concerns on poverty targeting in development assistance. The study also seeks to develop a methodology to conduct poverty and social impact analysis of
cluster development initiatives.