An Appraisal of the European Cluster Observatory

David Pickernell; Andrew Crawley

doi:10.1177/0969776411427328

An Appraisal of the European Cluster Observatory

David Pickernell, Andrew Crawley

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This paper considers the work of the European Cluster Observatory (ECO) in light of current debates around the notion of clusters. This work examines the definitions employed by the ECO and questions how effective policy can be when using restrictive means of analysis. Further, the work contends that, far from this being purely an analytical problem, there also exists a fundamental semantic issue regarding the term economic cluster.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	207 - 211
Number of pages	4
Journal	European Urban and Regional Studies
Volume	19
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776411427328
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2011

Keywords

clusters
regional policy
agglomeration economies
regional economic development

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