Can you point me to literature, results, examples, methodological contributions on analysing and evaluating cluster or network policies? I refer specifically to policies implemented at national, regional or industry level which try to link business enterprises, universities and research organisations, the public sector and intermediaries to support industry or technology development.
Nobody has picked this up so far, but I'd like to share what I found myself, in case anyone is interested and comes across the post. Within the "Compendium of Evidence on the effectiveness of Innovation Policy" a number of interesting reviews have been written:
Cunningham, P., & Ramlogan, R. (2012). The Effects of Innovation Network Policies, Compendium of Evidence on the effectiveness of Innovation Policy. London and Manchester: NESTA and MIoIR.
Uyarra, E., & Ramlogan, R. (2012). The Effects of Cluster Policy on Innovation, Compendium of Evidence on the effectiveness of Innovation Policy. Manchester and London: NESTA.
Cunningham, P., & Gök, A. (2012). The Impact and Effectiveness of Policies to Support Collaboration for R&D and Innovation, Compendium of Evidence on the effectiveness of Innovation Policy. London: NESTA.
And my much appreciated former colleague Matthias Kiese from Bochum pointed me to the following:
Angeles Diez, Maria (2001): The Evaluation of Regional Innovation and Cluster Policies: Towards a Participatory Approach. In: European Planning Studies 9 (7), S. 907-924.
Aranguren, Mari Jose; Aragón, Cristina; Larrea, Miren; Iturrioz Landart, Cristina (2008): Does Cluster Policy Really Enhance Networking and Increase Competitiveness? In: Mari Jose Aranguren Querejeta, Cristina Iturrioz Landart und James R. Wilson (Hg.): Networks, Governance and Economic Development. Bridging Disciplinary Frontiers. Cheltenham: Elgar, S. 101-128.
Colgan, Charles S.; Baker, Colin (2003): A framework for assessing cluster development. In: Economic Development Quarterly 17 (4), S. 352-366.
Fromhold-Eisebith, Martina; Eisebith, Günter (2008): Looking Behind Facades: Evaluating Effects of (Automotive) Cluster Promotion. In: Regional Studies 42 (10), S. 1343-1356.
Ketels, Christian H.M. (2005): How to Evaluate Clusters. In: La Revue Parlementaire (881). http://www.larevueparlementaire.fr/pages/DS_juill05/DSpole_cketels.htm.
Schmiedeberg, Claudia (2010): Evaluation of Cluster Policy: A Methodological Overview. In: Evaluation 16 (4), S. 389-412.
Sölvell, Örjan; Williams, Mats (2013): Building the Cluster Commons. An Evaluation of 12 Cluster Organizations in Sweden 2005 - 2012. Stockholm: Ivory Tower Publishers. http://www.clusterobservatory.eu/system/modules/com.gridnine.opencms.modules.eco/providers/getpdf.jsp?uid=7a70a31d-3f8a-41c9-b415-f88e464d116a.
Turner, Mark; Monnard, Alexandre; Leete, Laura (2013): The Evaluation of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Regional Clusters Initiative. Year Two Report. Washington, D.C.; College Park, MD: U.S. Small Business Administration; Optimal Solutions Group, LLC.
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https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294255175_2015KlemensImpact_of_Social_Capital_and_Networking_on_the_Development_of_Innovation_in_Enterprises
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