Cluster and cluster policy as tools for regional development management
Cluster and cluster policy as tools for regional development management
Author(s): Mariusz CitkowskiSubject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: cluster; cluster management; cluster policy; cluster-based policy; regional development management; Industry 4.0
Summary/Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to indicate the role of a cluster and a cluster-based policy in the process of regional development management as the tools serving the achievement of positive developmenteffects in the region.Research method – The analysis was based on the review of domestic and foreign literature sources devoted to clusters, as well as the documents and the assumptions of the cluster policy at the EC level and the national and regional level, the participant observation as a member of research and implementation and advisory project teams in the field of cluster management and cluster policy in Poland and in the region.Results – A cluster can be used at any stage of the strategic management of regional development as an element of strategic analysis, as one of the key consultants in the process of regional development strategy projection, and ultimately as a tool for implementing the assumptions of regional development strategy.Originality / value – The proposed dual model of cluster policy in the Podlaskie Voivodeship using detailed assumptions, including developed clusters as a tool for managing regional development as a part of the cluster-based policy.
Journal: Optimum. Economic Studies
- Issue Year: 101/2020
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 91-106
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English