Identification of prospective industrial clusters in Slovakia

Knowledge Evolution in Industrial Clusters

Character of knowledge management conducted in industrial clusters is different from entity of enterpresis and socail public deparment because of distinction in management objection. Many scholars was attracted to reseach knowledge management for enterprises, knowledge management in industrial clusters lack durable study in depth. This paper seeks to lay out an organizational foundation to a th...

Networks and Industrial Clusters

It is widely acknowledged that innovation is a key factor for competitiveness and that output growth and productivity depend on the development and diffusion of new technologies (OECD, 1997). However, the innovation process is not linear, but a complex and interactive one, involving business and non-business institutions. Kline and Rosenberg’s (1986) “chain-linked” interactive model is an examp...

Industrial Clusters and Environmental Management

Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process Method in the Evaluation of Managers of Industrial Enterprises in Slovakia

Competencies are a part of human capital that businesses can use to human development and growth and thus intellectual capital. In modern enterprise, the evaluation of employees is considered as important basis for improving its operation. Performance evaluation is the most important activity of management of work perfor-mance and it is inconceivable without the measurement and evaluation of th...

Industrial Clusters in Slovenia – a Success Story ?

Slovenia has begun with its national cluster policy in 2001. Industrial clusters have been a prevalent element of Slovenian competitiveness policy for next four years. More than thirty cluster initiatives were born in Slovenia in that period. The authors of this paper have followed the birth, organization and performance of industrial clusters in Slovenia for the period of three years. Based on...