Ebook: Competitive regional clusters : national policy approaches.
Author: OECD
- Tags: Competition -- Government policy, Regional economics, Technological innovations -- Economic aspects, Regionale ontwikkeling, Industriële ontwikkeling, Regionale economie, Concurrentie, Regionalna ekonomija -- Ekonomski razvoj
- Series: OECD reviews of regional innovation
- Year: 2007
- Publisher: OECD
- City: Paris
- Language: English
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In today's globalizing world, the regional specializations built up over decades are transforming rapidly. Many regions that were historically production centers in a given sector are losing out to lower-cost locations and reorienting to higher value-added niches. National programs to promote cluster-based approaches - linking firms, people and knowledge at a regional level - are being used to meet the challenge. Read more...