The Cluster Initiative Greenbook – a decade later

Prof. Örjan SölvellDr. Göran Lindqvist

CAON1990

TCI1998

Greenbook2003

Cluster Observatory2007

From clusterpreneur to cluster proThen Now

Isolated cluster initiatives Major cluster programmes(EU / national / regional )

Entrepreneur-facilitatorProfessional manager:

Cluster management trainingCluster excellence (EU)Cluster Managers Club

Project Formal organisationAccreditation

Isolated statistical clusters maps

Cluster ObservatoryMaps, regions, organisations

”What is a cluster?” ”Do they deliver value?”

Some things have not changed

• IT is still the most common sector• The strength of the underlying cluster still

drives performance of the cluster initiative• High trust and stable policies are still related

to good performance• Private sector experience of the cluster

manager still drives performance• Focus is still not better than broad objectives

Networking, Cluster Strategy,Identity and Branding

Innovation and R&D

Business Development

New findings ?!

Firms

Research organisations

Education organisations

Government

Capital providers

Poor knowledge

Sparse networks

Different “languages”

Different norms and attitudes

Different visions

Low trust

Negative incentives

Barriers to interaction

Gaps

Bridges

+.14

+.20

+.19

+.15

+.18

+.17

+.15

Cluster growth

Innovation

Competitiveness

Meet deadlines

Meet goals

Financially sustainable

New participants

The better a cluster organisation is at making firms collaborate, the better does it perform

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