Creative Clusters in Visegrad Countries: Factors Conditioning Cluster Establishment and Development

• Authors: Magdalena Bialic-Davendra , Pavel Bednář , Lukáš Danko , Jana Matošková
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Since the accession of the Visegrad Group of countries (V4) to the European Union, the importance of clusters has increased. With growing global competitiveness and EU 12 trends, a gradual awareness of creative industries is observed in V4 countries. Therefore, this article analyses creative clusters and factors conditioning their establishment and development. On the basis of a literature review and a questionnaire survey, a mapping of creative clusters was conducted. In addition, catalysts, main motives and key factors in the process of their establishment were identified, as were the activities and factors hampering their development. The scheme of cluster development is presented as the outcome of the qualitative analysis, along with a comparison to findings of other studies. Research findings show that trust building and administrative obstacles are among the main barriers, especially for design clusters and cultural clusters.

Keywords

EN

cluster; cluster organisation; creative industries; development; Visegrad countries (V4)

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 32
• Pages: 33-47

Dates

published

2016-06-01

received

2015-05-08

revised

2015-12-21

accepted

2016-01-26

online

2016-05-18

Contributors

author

Magdalena Bialic-Davendra

• Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Mostní 5139, 76001 Zlín, Czech Republic

author

Pavel Bednář

• Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Mostní 5139, 76001 Zlín, Czech Republic

author

Lukáš Danko

• Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Mostní 5139, 76001 Zlín, Czech Republic

author

Jana Matošková

• Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Faculty of Management and Economics, Mostní 5139, 76001 Zlín, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/bog-2016-0013