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Evaluating clusters: Where theory collides with practice
- Source :
- Regional Science Policy & Practice. 12:413-430
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- Cluster policies are widely used to strengthen regional competitiveness, yet difficult to evaluate. While academic approaches to cluster evaluation are often ignorant of the needs of policy-makers and practitioners, practitioner-led approaches often lack structure and rigour. As such, there remain significant gaps between theory and practice. The contribution of this paper is to reflect on a unique methodological approach that has regularly brought together academics, policy-makers and practitioners from around the world to collectively address the challenges of cluster evaluation. A participatory process of integrating theory and practice highlights the importance of triple helix engagement to co-design evaluation of what is a triple helix policy proposition. (Less)
- Subjects :
- Structure (mathematical logic)
Knowledge management
business.industry
Process (engineering)
05 social sciences
Geography, Planning and Development
Citizen journalism
Proposition
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Development
Rigour
0502 economics and business
Cluster (physics)
Sociology
050207 economics
business
050203 business & management
Triple helix
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17577802
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Regional Science Policy & Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f4af4a1587b52390dc47785a99468bf4