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Top-down and bottom-up cluster initiatives in Europe

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  • Mădălina Maticiuc

    (West University of Timisoara, Romania)

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This paper aims central to the dynamics research of clustering processes in various parts of Europe, namely the European Union, in order to identify how come the experience earned here could be used in the process of clustering in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In this regard, studies were conducted designed to identifying the main guidelines in clusters conceptualization, discerning clustering processes and their dynamics, in two groups of countries. The first group includes the countries where public policies were those that stimulated the space organizations innovation of business in clusters form. The second group includes countries where private initiative stimulated and maintained the entire process of clustering. These specific paper intents, based on a comparative analysis in the dynamics of clustering conducted in the "top down" and "bottom up" logic, to inspire the entire clustering process in Central and Eastern Europe.

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  • Mădălina Maticiuc, 2014. "Top-down and bottom-up cluster initiatives in Europe," Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics, University of Petrosani, Romania, vol. 14(1), pages 205-212.
    • Handle: RePEc:pet:annals:v:14:y:2014:i:1:p:205-212
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    1. Susana Borrás & Dimitrios Tsagdis, 2008. "Cluster Policies in Europe," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 4134, March.
    2. Fromhold-Eisebith, Martina & Eisebith, Gunter, 2005. "How to institutionalize innovative clusters? Comparing explicit top-down and implicit bottom-up approaches," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(8), pages 1250-1268, October.
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    Keywords

    cluster; top-down; bottom-up; innovation; cluster policies;
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    JEL classification:

    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy

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