REGIONÁLNE PRIEMYSELNÉ KLASTRE A PROBLÉMY (NIELEN) S ICH IDENTIFIKÁCIOU

• Authors: Székely Vladimír

Title variants

EN

Regional industrial clusters and problems (not only) with their identification

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

Nowadays, the concept of clusters is being indiscriminately accepted as an important path to the competitiveness of industries and spatial units. The aim of the paper is to present the concept of the (regional industrial) clusters pointing to its historic predecessors. Above all, reasons that cause its ambiguity and the confronting attitudes of the scientific and political authorities are discussed. Based on the literature study, the problems connected with an especially free and flexible definition and delimitation of clusters are emphasized, as they may offer pragmatic and simple solutions but also cause the numerous theoretical/methodological problems. The paper concentrates on problems associated with identification of the clusters and choice of appropriate methodical approaches for its industrial and spatial delimitation. Some risks connected with the general glorification of the role of clusters in industrial and regional development without taking into account the local and regional specific features are also pointed to.

Keywords

EN

CLUSTER BRAND; CLUSTER IDENTIFICATION; REGIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL CLUSTERS

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 223-238
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Székely Vladimír

• V. Szekely, Ekonomicky ustav SAV, Sancova 56, 811 05 Bratislava 1, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA04718990