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Looking Behind Facades: Evaluating Effects of (Automotive) Cluster Promotion
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Abstract Promoting industrial clusters meanwhile features as a major guideline of regional economic support all over the world. Despite of a vivid debate about the concept and its application, research has rarely empirically evaluated the added effects of cluster initiatives, and applied methods have hardly ... view more
Promoting industrial clusters meanwhile features as a major guideline of regional economic support all over the world. Despite of a vivid debate about the concept and its application, research has rarely empirically evaluated the added effects of cluster initiatives, and applied methods have hardly been adequate to the task. This paper discusses general issues of assessing cluster promotion and suggests an empirical approach. It presents findings of a research project that has, accordingly, investigated patterns of effects of two automotive cluster initiatives in Ger-many and Austria. Insights concerning methodological and political issues can be derived.... view less
Keywords
evaluation
Classification
Economic Sectors
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Political Economy
Free Keywords
regional development; cluster promotion; effects; methodology; automotives
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 1343-1356
Journal
Regional Studies, 42 (2008) 10
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400701654202
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)