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- Contributions towards a Cluster Strategy for the Sea in the AlgarvePublication . Monteiro, Pedro Valadas; Noronha, Teresa de; Neto, PauloThis article advocates the relevance and crucial need for a strategic vision of the Algarve based on a cluster approach for its economy of the sea. The article reviews the literature on clusters and relevant topics related and relevant to that issue. It starts by summarizing the scope and structure of the article, followed by a theoretical framework, which highlight the key features and benefits associated with the cluster approach taken, the role of knowledge - intensive service activities as key drivers for innovation and entrepreneurship, taken as critical factors for successful cluster strategy advocated, along with the networking and cooperation, innovation systems and the importance of knowledge spillovers for knowledge management within the cluster.
- A differentiation framework for Maritime Clusters. Comparisons Across EuropePublication . Monteiro, Pedro Valadas; Noronha, Teresa de; Neto, PauloThe purpose of this paper is to point out some of the main characteristics and critical factors for success that can substantiate the proposal of a differentiation framework for maritime clusters. We conduct a benchmarking analysis intended to distinguish the most relevant aspects which can or should be observed in these types of clusters, applied to the following countries: Spain (Basque Country), Germany (Lander of Schleswig-Holstein), the Netherlands and Norway. The differentiation factors involve agglomeration economies and endogenous conditions derived from geographic proximity, essential for lowering transaction costs, strengthening the leverage of public/private cooperation through centres of maritime excellence, at the same time providing an adequate local environment that favours positive interactions between the different maritime industries and actors. The main results arising from this article are presented through a reconceptualisation of Porter’s Diamond framework for diagnosing the competitiveness of maritime clusters.
- Innovation for Sustainability and NetworkingPublication . Kijkamp, Peter; Pinto, Hugo; Xavier, António; Noronha, Teresa de; Faustino, Chanda; Vaz, Eric; Madureira, Lívia; Gamito, Teresa Maria; Ferreira, Dora; Oliveira, Ivo; Portela, José; Monteiro, Pedro Valadas; Neto, Paulo; Maldonado, Mauricio; Hobeica, Adib; Gomes, Jorge F. S.; Bernardo, Sofia; Noronha, Teresa de; Gomes, Jorge F.S.Throughout human history, innovation has been the main factor in adapting humanity to its settings. On the basis of earlier practice, human creativity allows the finding of new, permanent ways to do things. their applications encourage new spaces, new necessities and new lifestyles. Innovation has been an element of human capacities from its earlier stages, but it has been recognized only recently as a clear device of social and economic change.
- The importance of clusters for sustainable innovation processes: the context of small and medium sized regionsPublication . Monteiro, Pedro Valadas; Noronha, Teresa de; Neto, PauloThe purpose of the current paper is to provide a critical state-of-the-art review of current research on clusters and its correlation to innovation dynamics in small and medium-sized regions. In particular, we focus on the systematization of the main concepts and theoretical insights that are tributary to the cluster overview in terms of its relevance for the sustainability of the innovation processes, knowledge production and diffusion, which take place inside small and medium-sized regions. The present working paper takes into account the initial studies on English industrial districts (in the nineteenth century), passing through the Italian industrial districts (in the 70s and 80s of the twentieth century), until the modern theories of business clusters and innovation systems. These frameworks constitute the basis of an approach to endogenous development, which gives a central role to the interaction between economic actors, the society and the institutions and to the identification, mobilization and combination of potential resources within a particular geographical area.
- The knowledge - intensive service activities (KISA) as key driver for innovation and entrepreneurship: a case study for the cluster of the sea in AlgarvePublication . Neto, Paulo; Monteiro, Pedro Valadas; Noronha, Teresa deThe main purpose of the current paper is to evaluate the contribution of knowledge - intensive service activities (KISA) as a key driver for innovation and entrepreneurship in the context of a cluster approach for the economy of the sea in Algarve. We intend to analyse the central role played by these interaction processes on the generation of learning organizations and on inducing cross fertilization phenomena among the various actors of the cluster.