Life Cycle of Clusters in Designing Smart Specialization Policies

• Main Author: Pronestì, Giuseppe (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Urban geography.; Urban economics.; Sociology, Urban.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Urban Economics.; Urban Studies/Sociology.

This book investigates cluster-life-cycle (CLC) analysis to inform the entrepreneurial discovery process (EDP), in order to support the effectiveness of the smart specialization strategy (S3). It focuses on the evolutionary analysis of clusters' development stages (emergence, development, matur...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Cluster and Smart specialization: different approaches to design innovation policy
• The intricate relationship between Smart Specialization and Clusters
• An untapped knowledge source towards implementing Smart Specialization: the life cycle of clusters.