Latvian Maritime Cluster Competitiveness analysis

More documents

Recommendations

Info

RESEARCHES SHOW• NETWORKING IN LATVIAN MARITIME CLUSTER- SMART COMP RESEARCHdone 2013 April, jointly LLA, LMA and involved organizations• Strategic challanges:• links among transport research, business and transport policyshould be improved.• one of the most important issues for peripheral regionsdevelopment is the development of logistics and distributioncentres focused on attracting freight from Asia and the Far East.• the expansion and improvement of sea-based mobility of goods andsupporting infrastructure should be emphasized in initiatives ofspatial planning within the Baltic Sea Region.
CLUSTERING IN MARITIME<strong>Cluster</strong> is a merchant, research, education and other institutions networkthat:•operating in a specific region or economic sector or inter-relatedindustries;•uses related technology and a similar labor resources;•consists of legally independent companies that are competing witheach other, and at the same time implements mutual cooperationInterdisciplinary Collaboration → contributes significantly to competitivenessand innovation in the sector at the national level• Shinohara (2010), analysing Japan’s <strong>Maritime</strong> cluster, has concludedthat business networking, especially long-term relationship betweenfirms, and the long-term co-working spirit are vital for developmentof successful cluster in maritime sector.• Participants from private sector in maritime cluster are companiesoperating in shipping, shipbuilding, shipping equipment, marineequipment, freight forwarding, technical and maritime low services,financial services, investors, ports, stevedovie companies, fishing,dredging, inland shipping, yachting and navy (Morrissey andO’Donoghue 2013; Wijnolst et al. 2003).
Page 1 and 2: THE NATIONAL CONSULTATION DAY ON LA
Page 3 and 4: LATVIAN MARITIME CLUSTER• Contrib
Page 5: RESEARCHES SHOW• NETWORKING IN LA
Page 9 and 10: CLUSTERING ACTIVITIES• Developmen
Page 11 and 12: CLUSTER STRUCTUREAn independent org
Page 13 and 14: PROJECTS AVAILABLE FOR BETTER CLUST

Latvian Maritime Cluster Competitiveness analysis

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?