The cluster of clusters concept in the perspective of regional policy-making and business practice
The cluster of clusters concept in the perspective of regional policy-making and business practice

Summary/Abstract: Even though the world has become truly global and biased for innovation, proximity still plays vital role in business processes and the achievement of competitive advantage. Therefore, various notions in regional studies approach the issue of territorially anchored growth and innovation to start with agglomeration economies, territorial productive systems, milieus or clusters. This paper conceptualizes a phenomenon of Cluster of Clusters (CoC). The objective of the paper is to explore possible theoretical aspects of CoCs and introduce the CoCs facilitation methods to create synergies among neighbouring clusters and clustering initiatives. RTD cross-border cooperation among partners from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia was used as a test bed under the FP7 scheme – some retrospectives on CERADA project linking Polish, Czech and Slovak regions are provided in the paper.

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