Evaluating Clusters: Where Theory Collides with Practice

Madeline Smith, James Wilson, Emily Wise

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Sammanfattning

Cluster policies are widely used to strengthen regional competitiveness, yet difficult to evaluate. While academic approaches to cluster evaluation are often ignorant of the needs of policy-makers and practitioners, practitioner-led approaches often lack structure and rigour. As such, there remain significant gaps between theory and practice. The contribution of this paper is to reflect on a unique methodological approach that has regularly brought together academics, policy-makers and practitioners from around the world to collectively address the challenges of cluster evaluation. A participatory process of integrating theory and practice highlights the importance of triple helix engagement to co-design evaluation of what is a triple helix policy proposition.
Originalspråkengelska
Sidor (från-till)413-430
Antal sidor18
TidskriftRegional Science Policy and Practice
Volym12
Nummer3
Tidigt onlinedatum2020 apr. 17
DOI
StatusPublished - 2020 juni

Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

  • Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning
  • Studier av offentlig förvaltning

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