Cluster policy in the Basque country (1991--2002): constructing ‘industry--government’ collaboration through cluster‐associations

Manu Ahedo

European Planning Studies, 2003, vol. 12, issue 8, 1097-1113

Abstract: In this article the industrial cluster policy in the Basque Region (Spain) since the early 1990s is analysed as a social process, where public and private organizations and institutions have interplayed and fostered two interrelated outcomes: (a) the construction of cluster‐associations, contributing to the development of inter‐firm interactions and a more inclusive industrial associationism in the weak Basque industrial and business associative system; and (b) the construction of an industry--government collaboration dynamic within a traditional lack of industry--government interactive relations. These outcomes present some strengths and weaknesses, and indicate some potentials to improve the initiated regional ‘industry--government’ collaboration.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1080/0965431042000289232

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