Abstract
The Importance of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Cluster Formation and The Effect of State Aid
It is known that theoretical background of business clusters is composed of by agglomeration economies, innovation with competitive advantage and networking which indicate close and distant linkages of clusters. In this line, internal and external environmental conditions and cluster dynamism, formed by cluster actors and interactions amongst them carry utmost importance for competitiveness of both clusters and cluster members. Recently, many support programmes have been put in action to support cluster initiatives in Turkey by various institutions. In addition it is also known that there are many programmes supporting entrepreneurship and innovation in Turkey, which initiate and develop clustering process. This paper aims at making evaluations and recommendations regarding these support mechanisms by analyzing how these current support mechanisms develop cluster dynamism and environmental conditions of clusters.
Keywords
Clustering and cluster Support Programmes
