Browsing The Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change (Working Papers) by Subject "Regional industrial clusters"
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A Balancing Act: Managing the global-local dimensions of industrial clusters through the mechanism of 'lead' organisations
(CISC, 2008-12)The purpose of this paper is to investigate 'leading' organisations in a region to understand how the balance between the global and local dimensions can be managed by clusters. Two cases of industrial clusters are employed ... -
Inward foreign investment and the clustering process: the case of the medical technology sector in Ireland
(CISC, 2008-12)This paper investigates how, if at all, inward foreign investment can instigate a clustering process when such investment is initially attracted to a region as a result of targeted public policy rather than the existence ...