The Cluster Policies Whitebook

By Thomas Andersson, Sylvia Schwaag-Serger, J. Sörvik, E. Wise. 2004

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Creative clusters and city growth (2008, background): “Despite the huge popularity of clusters among policy makers and practitioners, and the large number of cluster initiatives, there is little evidence to demonstrate what they achieve in different circumstances and locations (Andersson et al. 2004; Simmie 2004).”
How do Special Economic Zones and Industrial Clusters Drive China's Rapid Development? (2011, background): “growing recognition that cluster initiatives could be an effective means for producing an environment conducive to innovation (Andersson et al. 2004).”
Global Value Chains and Open Networks: The Case of Italian Industrial Districts (2010, background): “Industrial districts historically represented an important alternative to Fordist production model and a model to ignite development in developing countries (Piore & Sabel, 1984; Sabel & Zeitlin, 1985; Andersson et al., 2004; Porter, 1998).”