This input paper maps supporting initiatives for EU clusters, dividing them by thematic areas. It also tackles cluster policy challenges and looks at future trends.
The presentation, held in occasion of the European Cluster Conference, showed recent evolutions in the European cluster landscape, presented ongoing initiatives and final calls for relevant proposals.
The paper studies the spillover effect public cluster policy has on neighboring regions. It evaluates public cluster policy, reasons behind positive effects and presence of spillover.
Find here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10438599.2017.1374039
The paper presents a methodology to evaluate clusters and related challenges. It also address the question as to why policy practice does not always follow evaluation theory.
The paper provides and overview of evaluation methods (especially for ex-post analysis), covering both micro- and macroeonomic approaches
