Competitive Regional Clusters
National Policy Approaches
In today’s globalising world, the regional specialisations built up over decades are transforming rapidly. Many regions that were historically production centres in a given sector are losing out to lower-cost locations and reorienting to higher value-added niches. National programmes to promote cluster-based approaches -- linking firms, people and knowledge at a regional level -- are being used to meet the challenge. This report analyses the objectives, targeting, instruments and inter-governmental role sharing used by 26 programmes in 14 OECD countries. It will be of interest to policy makers, researchers, firms and others active in promoting innovation and competitiveness.
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Czech Republic
This chapter is a case study on the Czech Republic’s Klastry (clusters) programme that supports the development of sectoral competencies and networking, mainly among firms, in all regions outside of Prague and with support from EU Structural Funds.
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