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VOlUME 03 ISSUE 08 August 2024
Innovation in Clusters: a Study by Structural Determinants
Imane Kamal
FSIESAS Laboratoire LARNED
DOI : https://doi.org/10.58806/ijsshmr.2024.v3i8n02

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ABSTRACT

This work aims to present the cluster as a fertile ground for innovation, and for this we will shed light on the structural determinants of an innovative environment based on location theories. In this work we will opt for an approach of the cluster as "innovative environments", where skills training, financing of initiatives, circulation of information, socio-economic animation, basic services to the community takes place. population, territorial synergy, in order to serve the development of innovation.

KEYWORDS:

cluster, agglomerations, innovative environment, innovation

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