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Several SME's of the Serra Gaúcha, a prosperous region in the Northeast of the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), have noted lately that they were becoming less competitive. The solution they found to increase competitiveness was to establish a conducive environment for cooperation among them, a process fostered by the Collaborative Networks Program of the state government. Eight out of 25 networks...
In the face of intensifying global competition, especially from the USA and Japan, but not forgetting the emerging markets or BRICs: Brazil, Russia, India and China (Paliwoda, S. 2006), Finland has recognised the pressing need to advance its competitiveness in a number of key industries. Through the adoption of a sophisticated triple helix-based National Cluster Programme, the conditions have been...
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