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A letter to go on with the exchange
With
more than 1200 participants, coming from 45 different countries,
the World Congress on local clusters, organised by the Datar
(French Délégation of Territorial Planning and
Régional Action) and the OECD (Organisation of Economic
Co-opération and Dévelopment) in January 2001,
was a great success. The wealth of the exchanges incites us
to think that it is essential to maintain and develop the dynamics
of network and of international exchange initiated during this
event.
In the continuation of the congress, this " SPL Info "
proposes you a place, at yours disposal, to indicate - with
news flashes and links - the topicality of the clusters (innovative
experiences, research or programme in progress, etc). We hope
that this tool will multiply the opportunities to exchange and
will nourish the collective reflection on Local Productive Systems.
This newsletter is yours. Fell free to give us your
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The Bank of Italy shows its interest for the
industrial districts
In
its newsletter of April, the Italian Club of Industrial Districts
indicates an investigation of the Bank of Italy concerning the impact
of industrial districts on the competitivity of the enterprises,
the growth of employment and the rentability of investment. More
information on current events of italian districts on www.clubdistretti.it
(all the numbers of this newsletter are available in italian and
english).
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A Brazilian magazine on clusters
The
first issue of the " Revista Brasileira de Competitividade"
has just come out. Au programme notably a special report on the
development of the leather/footwear cluster of Vale dos Sinos but
also contributions of many experts which give an another vision
of the Brazilian and international clusters. This magazine, published
every four months by the Metas Institute, can be consulted on http://www.cresceminas.org.br
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Enterprises and unions, partners for a swedish
cluster competitive
To
adjust to the requirements of contractors, the workers'unions have
formed a partnership with the 69 SMEs of the Gnosjö district
(metal-working district). This partnership permitted to set up a
new model of work organisation, based on a better competencies management
and a life-long learning system. For more information, please contact
Göran Brulin (goran.brulin@niwl.se),
author of the article " The transformation of the Swedish Industrial
Relations Model from Below " in Economic and Industrial Democracy
Vol. 21, No. 2, 2000.
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Internet, a tool to mobilise an enterprises'network
Veritable
window on all the competencies and the innovations of the LPS, the
website of the packing district of the Bretagne region is also an
essential tool to mobilise this network. It proposes to the enterprises
a technology monitoring system, a "job fair" and information
on the network's activity (report of meetings, upcoming trade fairs,
etc). www.breizpack.net.
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The University, catalyst of the development
of a cluster
Technopolis
in Oulu (Finland), " the Silicon valley of the north ",
gathers more than 200 enterprises, specialised in information and
wellness technologies. This high-tech pole owes mainly its success
to the perfect symbiosis among the industries and the Oulu University,
which spreads technological innovations and ensures the recruitment
of a work force with high qualification by the enterprises. Just
take a look at the presentation of the cluster on www.technopolis.fi.
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Upcoming events |
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The
International Conference on Territorial Development, organised
by the Datar, the OECD and the Caisse des Dépôts et
Consignation - 28/29/30 of January, 2002, in la Villette, Paris.
The theme of clusters will be developed, on the basis of innovation.
We will give more information in a next "LPS Info".
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" Clusters and the New Economy " - IVth annual conference
of the Competitiveness Institute, in Tucson (Arizona) - from 28th
to 31st of October 2001. The programme and the registration form
are on www.competitiveness.org.
You can also find some contributions to the previous conference
on " Clusters in the new millennium " (papers from Chaiton,
Green, Lyon, Konwitz and Pyke).
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Publications |
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" SPL Pratique " (ETD, may 2001)
Written from reflections emaning from practices and experiences
of local players, this guide proposes, through 17 questions, methodological
elements to give answers to local concerns on inter-enterprises
co-operation. To receive it, please contact splinfo@wanadoo.fr.
More information about LPS is available on www.etd.asso.fr.
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"
Veille stratégique et PME : comparaison des politiques gouvernementales
de soutien " (Pierrette Bergeron, 2000).
From the study of the programme of the Quebecois government supporting
the creation of 14 centres of competitive monitoring, P.Bergeron
makes a comparative analysis of the voluntarist governmental policies
of diffusion of strategic monitoring in the SMEs, supported by 7
industrial countries. For more information : http://www.puq.uquebec.ca/puq/data/D-1067.html
. The other papers of P. Bergeron are on http://mapageweb.umontreal.ca/berpier/
. Other references about economic information on www.fas.umontreal.ca/EBSI/varia/veille/veille.htm.
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"Réseaux
d'entreprises et territoires : regards sur les systèmes productifs
locaux" (Datar, 2001). This collection of contributions
of experts presents french, italian, american and developing countries
initiatives and make the LPS concept more operational and more forward-looking.
To obtain it, please click on www.ladocfrancaise.gouv.fr.
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