THE CLUSTER POLICIES WHITEBOOK THE CLUSTER POLICIES WHITEBOOK Andersson, Schwaag Serger, Sörvik and Wise Hansson Andersson, Schwaag Serger, Thomas Andersson Sylvia Schwaag Serger Jens Sörvik Emily Wise Hansson IKED INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IKED - INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT Stortorget 29, S-211 34 Malmö, Sweden
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[email protected] S-211 34 Malmö Fax:+46 (0) 40 - 17 65 01 www.iked.org Sweden ISBN 91-85281-03-4 © IKED 2004 Title: The Cluster Policies Whitebook Author: Thomas Andersson, Sylvia Schwaag-Serger, Jens Sörvik, Emily Wise Hansson Illustrations: Boyan Kostadinov Published: August 2004 Publisher: IKED Printed by: Holmbergs p. ii THE CLUSTER POLICIES WHITEBOOK p. iii THE CLUSTER POLICIES WHITEBOOK THE CLUSTER POLICIES WHITEBOOK Thomas Andersson Sylvia Schwaag Serger Jens Sörvik Emily Wise Hansson p. i THE CLUSTER POLICIES WHITEBOOK p. ii THE CLUSTER POLICIES WHITEBOOK CONTENTS FOREWORD p.vii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS p.ix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY p.1 PART I 1.