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Renewable Energy Clusters

Recurring Barriers to Cluster Development in Eleven Countries

  • Raises awareness of recurring barriers to the successful development of renewable energy clusters
  • Highlights the benefits of transfer across regions/countries as a means of minimizing cost and risk
  • Drawing on examples from other clusters, it explores the implications for policy and practice

Part of the book series: Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management (ITKM)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Setting the Scene

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Supporting Clusters to Create Value: Are We Missing Something?

      • Gudrun Jaegersberg, Jenny Ure
      Pages 3-11
    3. What Exactly Are Clusters?

      • Gudrun Jaegersberg, Jenny Ure
      Pages 13-20
    4. Why Share Experience of Barriers?

      • Gudrun Jaegersberg, Jenny Ure
      Pages 21-26
  3. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
    2. The Portuguese Case: The Cost of Inequality

      • Gudrun Jaegersberg, Jenny Ure
      Pages 63-83
    3. The German Case: A Cluster Under Threat

      • Gudrun Jaegersberg, Jenny Ure
      Pages 85-109
  4. Discussion of Cross-Cutting Barriers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
    2. Recurring Barriers: Cross Cluster Analysis

      • Gudrun Jaegersberg, Jenny Ure
      Pages 167-176
    3. Barriers at the Interface Between Companies and Universities

      • Gudrun Jaegersberg, Jenny Ure
      Pages 177-193
    4. Policy-Related Barriers

      • Gudrun Jaegersberg, Jenny Ure
      Pages 195-224
    5. Communication and Collaboration Barriers

      • Gudrun Jaegersberg, Jenny Ure
      Pages 225-242
  5. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 265-276

About this book

Taking eleven countries in Europe, Canada, South Africa, America, Latin America and Australia, this book discusses recurring barriers to cluster development in the renewable energy sector. The authors look at the real-world dynamics and tensions between stakeholders on the ground, with a particular focus on the relationships between SMEs and other actors. This trans-regional study is unique in its scale and scope, drawing on a decade of field research to show how by learning from the successes and failures of other clusters, costs and risk can be reduced. The book fills a significant gap in the literature for policymakers, managers and economic developers in a key market.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Applied Sciences at Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany

    Gudrun Jaegersberg

  • University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    Jenny Ure

About the authors

Prof. Gudrun Jaegersberg holds a Chair in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau/ Germany and Dr. Jenny Ure is an academic researcher at the University of Edinburgh/UK. They have collaborated for over a decade on the recurring barriers in clusters, supply chains and extended enterprises in different industry sectors in the US, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Australia and South Africa. The authors have very extensive project experience in different industry sectors and different cultural contexts. Their books and journal publications focus on this to provide insights into the economic value of aligning technical and human infrastructure in distributed systems, as a means of cutting risk and creating value.

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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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