%0 Journal Article
%T Cluster Economic Performance Concept ¨C Present Experiences and Future Developments
%A Simona BIRIESCU
%J Annals of Dun£¿rea de Jos University. Fascicle I : Economics and Applied Informatics
%D 2010
%I Dunarea de Jos University of Galati
%X Cluster-based economic development has become an increasingly popular topic for researchers and economic development professionals.Clusters are groups of companies and institutions co-located in a specific geographic region and linked by interdependencies in providing a related group of products and/or services. Given changes in the global environment, businesses and countries are changing the way they compete. These changes are characterised by the ability of multinational corporations to locate their investment ¨C production plants, R&D facilities, service centres, etc., ¨C in any location in the world where they find an adequate business environment.The increasing interest in clusters is only one aspect of a broader re-orientation of research and economic policy towards the microeconomic foundations of prosperity and growth.
%K economic development
%K 
%K strategy and competitiveness
%K clusters
%K performance
%U http://www.ann.ugal.ro/eco/Doc2010/Biriescu.pdf