The Cluster Initiative Greenbook

Acknowledgements
This Greenbook, the result of a joint initiative by Emiliano Duch, Vice-President of
TCI, Lars Eklund, Director of the Innovation Division at VINNOVA, and the three
authors, was presented at the 6 th Global TCI Conference held in Gothenburg, Sweden
in September 2003. The purpose of this first-of-a-kind Greenbook was to give the
conference participants a summary of current practises in organising and implementing
cluster initiatives around the world, and to provide policymakers, business leaders
and others involved in cluster initiatives a first-hand look at key drivers of success.
We would like to thank all the people who made this report possible. First, we are
grateful to all the cluster facilitators around the world who took their time to help us
document their cluster initiatives through interviews and through our Global Cluster
Initiative Survey. Further, we would like to thank all the people involved in the book
project: Erik von Bahr (VINNOVA), Mateja Dermastia (Slovenian Ministry of
Economy), Emiliano Duch (TCI), Dr Lars Eklund (VINNOVA), Arne Eriksson, Dr
Maria Lindqvist (Nationellt program för utveckling av innovationssystem och kluster),
Dr Anders Malmberg (CIND, Uppsala University), and Ifor Ffowcs-Williams (TCI).
We would also like to thank Martin Sebesta, who carried out most of the research
identifying cluster initiatives for the survey, and conducted many of the case interviews.
Further, we would like to thank the co-authors of Chapters 6 and 7: Mike Tibbetts
(Scotland), Alberto Pezzi (Catalonia), Uwe Galler (Styria), Dr Silvano Bertini (Emilia-
Romagna), and Amy Cogan (Slovenia).
Finally, we are especially grateful to Amy Cogan for helping with research in Slovenia
and polishing the final manuscript.
The Greenbook and the Global Cluster Initiative Survey were financially supported
by the Swedish authorities VINNOVA and Nationellt program för utveckling av
innovationssystem och kluster (ISA, NUTEK, VINNOVA).
Örjan Sölvell Göran Lindqvist Christian Ketels
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