Maritime cluster is a well-established and productively researched theme by maritime policy and economics scholars. Maritime cluster＇s evolution is an under-investigated area, with ramifications in maritime policy an...Maritime cluster is a well-established and productively researched theme by maritime policy and economics scholars. Maritime cluster＇s evolution is an under-investigated area, with ramifications in maritime policy and business decision-making. In this paper, we study the evolutionary formation of maritime clusters, in the contemporary European blue economy context. We examine pertinent factors for the sustainable development of maritime clusters, with a strong technical, service and market innovation orientation. We merely examine the significance of legislative, financial, business networking and knowledge management related components. Qualitative empirical testing of the theoretical premises is performed for the Spanish, Italian, Greek and Cypriot cluster entities.展开更多
文摘Maritime cluster is a well-established and productively researched theme by maritime policy and economics scholars. Maritime cluster＇s evolution is an under-investigated area, with ramifications in maritime policy and business decision-making. In this paper, we study the evolutionary formation of maritime clusters, in the contemporary European blue economy context. We examine pertinent factors for the sustainable development of maritime clusters, with a strong technical, service and market innovation orientation. We merely examine the significance of legislative, financial, business networking and knowledge management related components. Qualitative empirical testing of the theoretical premises is performed for the Spanish, Italian, Greek and Cypriot cluster entities.
