Przestrzenne rozmieszczenie oraz cykl życia najaktywniejszych organizacji klastrowych w województwie wielkopolskim

Spatial layout and life cycle of the most active cluster organizations in Wielkopolska voivodeship

Summary: The aim of the article is to present selected results of the research on spatial organization and functioning of clusters in Wielkopolska voivodeship (?administrative region in Western Poland?). Growing number of publications on advantages of forming cluster initiatives (?e.g. Sölvell et al. 2003?; Ketels 2008?) caused, that it became recently one of the important instruments of innovation and economic policy, in many countries including Poland (?Porter 2001, Karlsson 2008, Koszarek (?ed.?) 2011, Kowalski 2013?). A cluster organization life cycle (? fig. 1?) refers to the concepts of product and industry life cycles and identifies development stages of such business associations (?Porter 1992, Bergman 2008, Gorynia, Jankowska 2008?). On the basis of a desk research, mostly based on an analysis of regional publications and internet websites, it was stated that in 2014 there were eleven particularly active cluster organizations in Wielkopolska voivodeship. Their spatial pattern and range (?fig. 2?) stemmed mainly from agglomeration benefits, but depended also on a type of branch (?for example larger spatial dispersion in agriculture cluster initiatives?). Five cluster organizations were in the growth stage, and six in the maturity phase. Additionally, several earlier cluster organizations stopped their activity. A deeper analysis conducted with the use of the interviews with co-ordinators and governors of 7 cluster organizations and three other entities dealing with regional cluster policies allowed to list main forms of and barriers to cooperation of enterprises that influence cluster organizations' life cycles.

Słowa kluczowe: organizacja klastrowa, cykl życia organizacji klastrowej, województwo wielkopolskie

Słowa kluczowe (w języku angielskim): cluster organization, cluster organization life cycle, Wielkopolska voivodeship

Liro J., Liro M., Krąż P. (red.), 2015, Współczesne problemy i kierunki badawcze w geografii. tom 3, IGiGP UJ, Kraków, s. 29-43.

Instytut Geografii i Gospodarki Przestrzennej UJ

ISBN 978-83-64089-15-2

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