THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF CLUSTERS IN EUROPE. GERMAN MODEL VERSUS ROMANIAN MODEL

Eduard CĂLINOIU

 Abstract

Sustainable growth and job creation in European countries depend increasingly more

excellence and innovation, which are the drivers of European competitiveness. Clusters are

a phenomenon mainly focused on the market. Most successful clusters are created

spontaneously as a result of natural competitive advantages, market forces or simply by

chance. However, due to the policies established clusters in the Member States there is a

growing number of cases where public policy on long-term initiatives economic entities or

universities and research institutes senior allowed the emergence of clusters powerful

acting as a catalyst and helping to unleash the economic and scientific certain regions.

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