Comparing High Technology Firms in Developed and Developing Countries: Cluster Growth Initiative

摘要

Cluster growth initiatives are "an important new direction in economic policy (Porter, 2000), essential to economic development in response to the increasing demands for global competitiveness" (p.26). Clusters can be understood as geographic concentrations of institutions in a particular field in a nation or region. The growth of a nation or region is directly related to the capacity of members of institutions and the development of clusters is important for institutions including governments and firms in both developed and developing countries. Articulation of cluster growth initiative reveals the problems clusters currently face for ongoing innovation, as its analysis highlights many facets of the relationship between actors in clusters.