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regional innovation cluster (USA – Regional Innovation Clusters. The Brookings Institution has recognised that the executive branch and Congress have joined state and local policymakers in embracing regional innovation clusters (RICs) as a framework for structuring the nation's economic development activities. ... Twenty years after Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter introduced the concept to the policy community and 10 years after its wide state adoption, clusters –geographic concentrations of interconnected firms and supporting or coordinating organizations– have reemerged as a key tool and rubric in Washington and in the nation's economic regions. Alexander Demidov) |
