TIPS Pietrobelli IND POLICY Gaborone 9 Dec 2008.pdf
TIPS Pietrobelli IND POLICY Gaborone 9 Dec 2008.pdf
TIPS Pietrobelli IND POLICY Gaborone 9 Dec 2008.pdf
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1. Enterprise clusters as a toolDrawing from earlier research (<strong>Pietrobelli</strong> and Rabellotti for HUP2007 and others….)• Economic performance may be improved in clusters due tocollective efficiency (external economies and joint actions)• Clusters may help remedy market and coordination failures• Policies need to be contextspecificand – in several regards– cluster and sectorspecific. Take into account:ülocal specificities and cluster’s collective efficiency,ümode of governance of value chain(s),üLocal sectoral and cluster (filière) specialization• No general recipes are valid everywhere, regardless localhistory, idiosyncrasies and peculiarities.• Policies need to evolve over timec.pietrobelli@uniroma3.itCREI, University Roma Tre15