clusters

Ten Steps To Sustainable Business Clusters in the Regions

The report suggests that sustainable business clusters have great potential - they can deliver the existing benefits of business clusters - competitiveness and innovation – as well as wider social, economic and environmental benefits. The authors provide 10 steps or suggestions for implementing sustainable business clusters in the regions.

Building an Industrial Cluster and Governance: Mobilization of Actors in the Montreal Multimedia Sector

The report argues the withdrawal of significant government support, which is attributed to the change of provincial government in April 2003, is an important element of uncertainty that has plagued the multimedia sector since the technological bubble burst in October 2000.

Social Capital Generators?: A Case Study for the Industry Associations Within the Vancouver New Media Cluster

The paper uses the Vancouver New Media industry to explore key dynamics behind the formation of social capital. Understanding the roles of civic and professional associations as contributors to social capital within the new media cluster are specifically focused on.

Evolution And Status Of The Vancouver Wireless Industry

The paper reports findings from a 2002 survey by the Wireless Association of British Columbia in which most interviewees report that their most important innovations in the last three years represent “world firsts”. Those interviewed responded that the main issue for the future is how well the Vancouver industry can function as a cluster without the anchor of a firm comparable to the three founding firms of global reach.