Intra-cluster cooperation enhancing SMEs’competitiveness - the role of cluster organisations in Poland
The determinants of SMEs’ competitiveness and, in particular, the constraints faced by SMEs, as well as the implications of the barriers for a firm’s growth have been investigated by a great number of researchers. Despite the popularity of the studies focused on SMEs competitiveness this topic is no...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Data de publicação: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Alcalá (UAH) |
| Repositório: | e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/31606 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10017/31606 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Cluster Cooperation Competitiveness Cluster organisation SME Poland Clúster Cooperación Competitividad Organización de clusters PYME Polonia O30 D85 R10 Economía Geografía Sociología Economics Geography Sociology |
| Resumo: | The determinants of SMEs’ competitiveness and, in particular, the constraints faced by SMEs, as well as the implications of the barriers for a firm’s growth have been investigated by a great number of researchers. Despite the popularity of the studies focused on SMEs competitiveness this topic is not losing its relevance, since SMEs are backbone of national economies. The issue is of even greater importance for post-transition economies. In this paper, we argue that intracluster cooperation, which should epitomise the genuine and fully fledged cluster, provides cluster firms, in particular SMEs, with advantages and thus can assist SMEs in upgrading their competitiveness. Special role play in this respect also dedicated cluster organisations. The conceptual part of the paper is accompanied by empirical considerations. Best practices from selected Polish clusters dominated by micro, small and medium enterprises are presented-. |
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