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feature
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the offers in local markets are expanding,
the level of competitiveness of various spheres of economic activity in
depressed regions significantly increases;
the possibility of a targeted reorientation of unprofitable enterprises in the
region.
3. Advantages
and opportunities
for public
authorities
identification of problems of the region's economy;
access to statistical and analytical information;
creation of effective mechanisms for interaction between the state and
business;
strengthening of the effect of the multiplier effect in the region, where the
positive impact of the cluster on the competitive environment of the area is;
the embodiment of the science and education achievements in real
production;
gradual integration of the region into the global economic system of the
country;
strengthening of the independence of the region from the economic situation
beyond its borders;
stimulating of the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the
region;
the growth of allocations to budgets of various levels.
4. Opportunities
for innovation
development
improvement of the effectiveness of interaction between the private sector,
local authorities, business associations, research and educational institutions
in the innovation process;
reduction in the costs of innovation;
the development of innovative capacity through the diffusion of innovation
to all cluster enterprises.
5. Possibilities for
obtaining positive
effects of cluster
development
scale effect, coverage;
synergetic effect arising on the basis of universal standardization of products
and increase in the efficiency of cluster participants as a result of their
integration.
Ensuring effective and efficient development of clusters acts as a management
tool only under the condition of a cluster policy based on clear and scientifically based
principles.
Modern cluster policy is recommended to define as a system vision, a mechanism
for supporting the state and regions, clusters and cluster initiatives, in general
understanding, ensure the development of territories in the processes of movement
towards the future formats of the information economy.
In modern tools of state and regional management cluster policy has become one
of the most common types of socio-economic system. The uniqueness of cluster policy
lies in its ability to softly regulate economic activity, stimulate life processes and social
development. In Ukraine, the potential of cluster policy, as a modern management tool
meeting the needs of the information economy, is not fully used.
We recommend the potential of cluster policy be considered from the standpoint
of attracting the system of modern knowledge of regional management:
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