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The importance of clusters for sustainable innovation processes: the context of small and medium sized regions
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The 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.
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cluster innovation endogenous development territory
Citation
Monteiro, P.; Noronha Vaz, T. & Neto, P. (2011) “The Importance of Clusters for Sustainable Innovation Processes: The Context of Small and Medium Sized Regions”. CEFAGE-UE Working Papers 2011_24, CEFAGE, Universidade de Évora