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Preface Richard L. Hudson, CEO and Editor, Science|Business

 

Introduction Andrew Herbert, Managing Director, Microsoft Research Cambridge

 

Cluster building: the search for an effective policy

 

A pan-European cluster policy: a move to make better use of resources
   How to shape enabling factors into an effective policy
   How to capitalise on Europe’s Long Tail of diversity
   What is the recipe for the perfect cluster?
   Do clusters need knowledge exchange to thrive?
   Can university reform help Europe to grow innovation clusters?

 

 

Box 1 Cutting edge science: a necessary but not a sufficient prerequisite
for clusters
Simcha Jong, Lecturer, University College London

 

Box 2 What is the role of networks, and can policy help?
Tom Elfring, Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, VU Amsterdam

 

Box 3 The sceptic’s view
Rajneesh Narula, Professor of International Business Regulation, University of Reading

 

Box 4 The Prague cluster experience
David Kolman, Director, Czech Liaison Office for R&D

 

Box 5 Sophia Antipolis: the old lady of European clusters
Alain André, General Director, CICOM, Sophia Antipolis

Appendices
1. What is a cluster?
2. Technology Clusters in Europe – Comparative Data