Author Archive for Vit Skala

What does (and doesn’t) work in building clusters

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Vit Skala
  on  November 18, 2008
  in  Business innovation, Case studies and EU funding programmes
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Over the last weeks I have been discussing with Vlastimil our experience with building clusters and trying to identify the key points that spell success or failure. Here are a few of thoughts I’d like to share. I would be pleased to see the NowEurope contributors add their experience.
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Cluster development has mixed results in the Czech Republic

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Vit Skala
  on  October 24, 2008
  in  Czech Republic, EU funding programmes and Facts, figures & trends
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Clusters are a very popular topic in the EU at the moment. The Commission statement “Towards world-class clusters in the European Union“ was released on 17th October and this communication will be further discussed at the EU Council of Competition in December this year. Here’s a brief overview of concrete applications of EU cluster policy.

The EU envisions clusters as regional, industry-specific consortia, mainly comprised of SMEs with the perceived potential to compete with big global companies. The EU supports cluster development, as does the Czech Republic.

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