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Article: Regions should muster clusters.(Economic Outlook)
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- Business North Carolina
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- September 1, 2004
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Legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2002 requires the state's seven economic-development partnerships to produce five-year plans. The 23-county AdvantageWest partnership, working with the Office of Economic Development at UNC Chapel Hill, completed its plan in April. Among its goals are growing and supporting "clusters of innovation" around regional niches such as tourism, health care and advanced manufacturing, Leslie Scott is a co-author of the report and former associate director of the OED.
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BNC: What is a cluster?
Scott: It is a collection of companies that not only may buy and sell from each other but share ...