FINAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS - Kohtla-Järve

One of the main engines of clusters formation has become
the concept of Special Economic Zones. Cluster initiatives
in Saint Petersburg are implemented in the open dialogue
of authorities, scientifi c circles and business structures:
such cooperation may be described as a triple helix. In January
2008, Saint Petersburg Government has adopted the
Complex Program of Activities for Realization of Innovative
Policy in 2008-2011, consisting of two blocs, both of which
include direct and indirect cluster activities. Cluster policy
of Saint Petersburg includes:
Planning activities of SPb cluster policy realization,
Assistance in development of pilot innovative cluster
Research activities for pointing out industrial and interindustrial
groups, complementary small enterprises of
SPb in prioritized sectors of with export potential or
potential of import-substitution (in the framework of
cluster policy development).
Saint Petersburg as an industrial centre, “engine” for cluster
building, the following sectors are to be mentioned:
Wood-processing industry,
Shipbuilding (such historical large-scale plants, as: “Baltic
Plant”, “Admiralty Dockyards”, now forming Joint
Shipbuilding Corp., partly owned by the state)
Instrument-manufacturing
Defense engineering with traditional high-level scientifi
c school
Energy engineering (“Electrosila”, turbine plant)
Food industry (joint ventures)
In general, app. 480 000 employees are working in manufacturing.
In case of Russian-Estonian, cluster initiative Saint Petersburg
should become the centre of information and new
knowledge production. Saint Petersburg is one of the Russian’s
main information technology centres, playing a signifi
cant role in the world’s ITC exports. Certain domains of
specialization in the IT sector can be identifi ed as follows:
navigation, speech recognition, translation and educational
software. Summarizing advantages of Saint Petersburg
as a centre for trans-border clustering, it is important to put
an accent on diversifi ed structure of production, innovative
potential and role of a transportation hub.
According to the offi cial sources, currently, attracting investment
in the production sector is one of the most important
tasks of the social and economic development of
the Leningrad Region. The Baltic Pipeline System implies
building a new Russian crude oil transhipment terminal
near the city of Primorsk (Vyborg district) – one of the most
perspective projects in the whole of the Russian Federation.
( The structure of gross value added of the Leningrad region
is rather mature: industrial output makes 1/3. In the structure
of production, prevail: food industry, including tobacco
and beverages, pulp & paper, means of transportation, oil
products and chemical products. Total share of these types
of production made in 2007.4 % of the completely industrial
output. Additional investments are also planned for the construction
materials industry engineering and metal processing
and the light and metallurgy sector.
In practice, Saint Petersburg city Administration announced
a tender among diff erent scale companies for a pilot cluster
creation. Recently two main branches of cluster development
are of great attention of the municipals: automobile
industry and electronics.
Overall, Documentary survey revealed that the following
company groupings that may have a tendency to further
develop into clusters in Ida-Virumaa are:
Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper
products; publishing and printing
Construction
Woodworking
Manufacture of chemicals, chemical
products and man-made fi bers
Table 11
Manufacture of machinery and equipment
n.e.c.
Transport and communication
Hospitality
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