Industrial Clusters and Regional Development: The Case of Timisoara and Montebelluna

The aim of this study is to explore the clustering behaviour of Turkish regions from the point of manufacturing industry. For this purpose, firstly, industrial clusters will be examined as a regional policy tool in regional development. After all, Japan, Israel, Scotland and Italy's cluster initiatives will be shortly explained to highlight the importance of clusters in regional economy. Lastly, cluster initiatives in Turkey will be examined from the regional aspect and an econometric estimation will be made to detect the clustering behivour of Turkish regions. A spatial econometric analysis will be applied for a panel data including 26 NUTS2 regions of Turkey for the period of 1991 – 2000. According to emprical analysis results applied to a standart Cobb – Douglas Production Function, manufacturing industry of Turkey's NUTS2 regions show clustering behaviour. According to these estimation results policy implications for Turkey will be made.

Handbook of Research on Cluster Theory, 2008

The purpose of this paper is to explore conceptually the role of clusters for the economic recovery of old industrial regions. We will identify three types of clusterbased renewal, distinguishing between an innovation-oriented adjustment of mature clusters (incremental change), the emergence of new agglomerations in established industries (diversification) and the rise of knowledge intensive and high technology activities (radical change). It will be shown that each of these development scenarios for old industrial areas requires different firm strategies and presupposes varying degrees of changes in the region's knowledge infrastructure, its relational assets and institutional fabric, and its policy environment.

SGEM 2014 Scientific SubConference on POLITICAL SCIENCES, LAW, FINANCE, ECONOMICS AND TOURISM, 2014

Innovation in clusters has a key role for competitive advantage of enterprises. In terms of regional economic development, cluster structure and innovation have widely been examined in literature. Enterprises in cluster, especially small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are likely to have more benefits than larger firms. It is found that clusters' effects on SMEs are, increased profits and exports, faster economic growth, stronger competitive advantages, more innovations, faster diffusion of knowledge, faster technological growth and increased productivity growth. This paper presents a literature review with concepts and arguments on cluster and innovation as regional development. The study focuses on cluster practices in developed and developing countries. As a conclusion, the research proposes government cluster policy options which support the emergence of clusters. It is thought that this comparative literature review serves as the basis for academicians, practitioners an...

Boosting innovation. The cluster approach, 1997

Please be advised that this information was generated on 2017-12-06 and may be subject to change. CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by Radboud Repository "Clustering as a new growth strategy for regional economies? A discussion of new forms of regional industrial policy in the UK." Final version published in: Cluster-analysis and cluster-based policy. New perspectives and rationale in innovation policy-making. Paris: OECD (Chapter 5) Arnoud Lagendijk and David Charles, CURDS, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK From innovation systems to clustering: the development context for peripheral regions Conceptual Issues Recent thinking and research on innovation has provided an important contribution to the understanding of the economic success of particular territories, such as nations or

2020

Kornus Olesia PhD in Geography, Associate Professor Kornus Anatolii PhD in Geography, Associate Professor Siutkin Serhii PhD in Geography, Associate Professor Korol Olena PhD in Pedagogy, Senior Lecturer Danylchenko Olena PhD in Geography, Senior Lecturer Department of General and Regional Geography Sumy State Pedagogical University named after А.S. Makarenko (Sumy, Ukraine) SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FORMATION OF INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS AND SUBSTANTIATION OF THE CLUSTER CONCEPT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES

Regional Economic Tendencies of Business Cluster Development, 2017

The clusters and clustering concept has rapidly attracted governments, consultants, and academics' attention around the world since it was first suggested in 1990 by Michael Porter i. He describes business clusters as "geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions in a particular field that are present in a nation or region". Many governments and industry organizations from different countries have recently turned to clustering as a means to stimulate their urban and regional economic growth. Consequently, a large number of cluster initiative organizations were started during the 1990s, and the trend continues (Regional futures research report, 2004: 4; wik-ipedia.org) and it seems that this trend will continue in the future. There is a close relationship between competitiveness of a nation or region's economy and existing clusters in this region. Akgüngör (2004:70) explains the implicit idea behind the clustering as such: "competitive advantage lies outside the boundaries of firms and that interactions across the firms and institutions affect the re-gion's economic performance through diffusion of technology, transfer of innovation , skills and knowledge". In this paper, the researcher accumulates some significant examples of clusters in the world. So that he highlighted the importance of clustering as a new pragmatic approach to economic development.

Industrial clusters, which are commonly targeted to receive financial support allocated to locally based development projects, are seen as an effective industrial policy tool for improving productivity and generating employment. Nevertheless, identifying clusters and assessing their economic performance is a challenge for policymakers. This paper aims to address this challenge by identifying the location of clusters based on neighbor relationships and specialization in Brazil and providing some insights on their effects on employment generation. The paper uses both Location Quotient and Local Indicator of Spatial Association to identify potential clusters in 27 industrial sectors in 5564 Brazilian municipalities. In addition, it uses annual municipal panel data for 2006-2009 to assess whether the presence of potential clusters is correlated with employment generation. The results show that clusters located in municipalities whose neighbors have similar industrial structures perform better than those that present industry specialization only.

2010

The industrial territorial and branch organization depends on the “industrial environment”. This “industrial environment” is characterized by geographic concentration and proximity of the “growth factors”, which significantly increase the aggregate economic product. The “factors concentrations” allow identification and management of the competitive advantages of the industries, sectors and regions. Lot’s of the recent analytical concepts of the industrial environment processes are on the cutting edge of the cluster concept, which has some key advantages: First, cluster is geographically limited, which allows easy adaptation to regional analysis approaches /spatial context/. Second, the clusters exist due to product and technological spillovers, evidence for its existence, significance and completeness. This makes the cluster typology comparable with the functional typology of the settlements. Third, the cluster development is phase divided in accordance of its technological and prod...

European Planning Studies, 2012

In recent years, researchers around the world have shown a growing interest in companies operating in the same industrial sector located within geographic areas, and this in turn has sparked a scientific debate on whether the existence of territory-based production methods is a source of company wealth. The lack of previous literature reviews on the subject, which would reveal the key questions to be studied, has, however, led us to analyse the contents of academic texts published between 1997 and 2006 in major international scientific journals. Accordingly, selected works were studied from three angles: the evolution of their scientific quality, the lines of research to which they are linked, and the methodology employed. This enabled us to determine the present level of development and to propose lines for future research.

2010

Economic Geography, 2009

specificity by applying the much wider label of economic geography, which generally reflects an approach to the study of space different from that of NEG. A more appropriate title for the book would have been, for example, "New Directions and Applications in NEG."

Regional Studies, 2008

Aspects of industrial ecology fit closely with work in regional development investigating clustering, networking, and local economic development. However, there has been limited cross fertilisation between these bodies of literature. This paper uses an empirical focus on eco-industrial developments in the USA to postulate that industrial ecology can be viewed as a distinct cluster concept and to consider the implications of this for both industrial ecology and regional development policies.

Social Science Bulletin, 2019

The regional policy is a priority of the European Union since too large disparities between and within its member states have been remaining over the past decades, which results in huge differences in regional competitiveness of the EU countries. This paper analyses the diverse impact of clusters on the competitiveness of highly developed and lesser developed regions on different stages of economic development in the world, EU and Latvia. The aim of this research is to evaluate the impact of clusters on regional policy and competitiveness. Methods used in the research include general and quantitative research methods. The methodological basis for defining the determinants of regional competitiveness is the three-stage system of economic development elaborated by the World Economic Forum. Firstly, the theoretical analysis of regional policiesí features is being conducted in the EU. It also includes the analysis of the development of theoretical approach of the regional policy and competitiveness, as well as the systematisation of structural elements, indicators and factors influencing regional competitiveness. Secondly, it analyses origin and nature of the cluster from the economic theory perspective, as well as provides an empirical assessment of the clustersí impact on regional competitiveness from in the world, EU and Latvia. Finally, the paper provides conclusions on research findings about clustersí interaction with regional policy and impact on competitiveness of regions in different stages of development.