Regional Development Agencies and Cluster Strategies: Engaging the Knowledge-base in the North of England

Peck, Frank; McGuinness, David

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“…To achieve these objectives, the RDAs were afforded a financial commitment exceeding £2 billion in 2008(HM Treasury 2007a. However, the regional approach to economic strategy has been criticized for lacking vision and regional distinctiveness, and simply replicating national policy rather than translating it into a regional context (Charles and Benneworth 2001;Peck and McGuinness 2003).…”

Section: Regions Policy and Entrepreneurship In The Uk Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic resilience and entrepreneurship: lessons from the Sheffield City Region

Williams

Vorley

2014

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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This article examines the relationship between economic resilience and entrepreneurship in city regions. Resilience is an emerging concept which has been employed to examine economic performance and responsiveness to exogenous shocks such as financial crisis and recession. Drawing on a literature review of academic articles in this emerging field and interviews with policymakers in the Sheffield City Region of England, the article examines how entrepreneurship is central to sustain a dynamic economy and demonstrates that it is being fore-fronted in policy debates as a key aspect in creating more resilient economies. The article finds that entrepreneurship is integral to promoting the diversification and capacity building of regional economies, traits which are characteristic of (more) resilient economies. We advance the emerging literature through the development of a conceptual framework to highlight the links between economic resilience and entrepreneurship. In doing so, the article argues that entrepreneurship is critical to the restructuring and adaptation of local (city region) economies and draws out a series of recommendations concerning the wider policy implications of the study.

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Section: Regions Policy and Entrepreneurship In The Uk Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic resilience and entrepreneurship: lessons from the Sheffield City Region

Williams

Vorley

2014

Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

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163

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“…Several terms can be found in literature to refer to these supporting institutions, apart from IFCs (Sölvell et al, 2003(Sölvell et al, , 2008: cluster initiatives (Sölvell et al, 2003;Ketels and Sölvell, 2006), cluster organisations (Ketels et al, 2012), cluster associations (Aragon et al, 2012;Aranguren et al, 2013;Valdaliso et al, 2011), industry associations (e.g., Cooke, 2002;Giuliani, 2005; ITD, 2009), regional development agencies (Peck and McGuinness, 2003;Seliger et al, 2008) or institutional thickening (Andriani et al, 2005). In this paper we refer to local supporting institutions in clusters as IFCs.…”

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The role of institutions for collaboration in setting a competitive cluster ecosystem: the case of the French omega-3 cluster

Alberti

Giusti

Pizzurno

2016

IJC

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Clusters are increasingly seen as change agents able to influence entrepreneurship, innovation and competitiveness of regions and countries. The dynamic development of clusters, and hence their competitiveness, depends on the quality of their entrepreneurial ecosystems. Institutions for collaboration (IFCs) are expected to be central to the formation and the development over time of a strong cluster ecosystem. Nevertheless, cluster literature lacks in-depth studies on this topic. Thus, the goal of our research is to contribute in the broad debate on the role of IFCs in the competitiveness of a cluster, specifically offering an in-depth understanding of the role of IFCs in the formation and development of a cluster ecosystem. The discussion builds on the in-depth case study analysis of the French omega-3 agrifood cluster with a focus on the role played by an IFC, namely Bleu-Blanc-Coeur.Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Alberti, F.G., Giusti, J.D. and Pizzurno, E. (2016) 'The role of institutions for collaboration in setting a competitive cluster ecosystem: the case of the French omega-3 cluster', Int.

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“…, 2007). In particular, misgivings have been expressed with regard to the way in which clusters have been identified, the manner in which cluster organizations have been constructed and the processes through which cluster strategies have been developed (DETR, 2001; Williams, 2001; Loney, 2002; Peck and McGuinness, 2003; House of Commons, 2003; 2004; Sadler, 2004; Tully and Berkeley, 2004; Andriani et al. , 2005; Fothergill et al.…”

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The Challenges of Pursuing Cluster Policy in the Congested State

Burfitt

MacNeill

2008

Int J Urban Regional Res

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In recent years cluster policy has become a central component of regional economic development strategy across many European economies. However, concerns are now emerging over the content and quality of some of these initiatives. Given the prevalence of the approach, these apprehensions are non-trivial and have significant implications with regard to the value and contribution of regional economic development. Here we examine the extent to which weaknesses in the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the cluster approach may have acted in combination with pressures generated by the 'congested state' to produce a number of difficulties. The essay explores the nature, challenges and weaknesses of cluster policy in the context of the demands created by multi-level and multi-actor governance frameworks. We conclude that, irrespective of whether cluster policy is the appropriate choice as an economic development tool in any particular regional or economic circumstance, its selection always necessitates prior consideration of the institutional capacity needed to meet the governance challenges that it creates. Copyright (c) 2008 The Authors. Journal Compilation (c) 2008 Joint Editors and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Regional Development Agencies and Cluster Strategies: Engaging the Knowledge-base in the North of England

Cited by 27 publications

References 11 publications

Economic resilience and entrepreneurship: lessons from the Sheffield City Region

Economic resilience and entrepreneurship: lessons from the Sheffield City Region

The role of institutions for collaboration in setting a competitive cluster ecosystem: the case of the French omega-3 cluster

The Challenges of Pursuing Cluster Policy in the Congested State

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