Clusters in Germany

(2009) - An Empirical Based Insight View on Emergence, Financing,Management and Competitiveness of the Most Innovative Clusters in Germany

Gerd Meier zu Köcker

Regional networks and clusters are playing an increasingly important role in Germany from the point of view of innovation policy, which is also due to the fact that there are a number of successful examples of good network and cluster developments. They differ, however, considerably in their structure, goals and performance. This document analyses the 100 or so most efficient regional networks in their structure, financing development and importance of their founding history and network management as well as in terms of the influence these parameters exert on the networks’ overall performance.

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