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Article: INTERVIEW WITH BEN BUTTERS, DIRECTOR OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRS AT EUROCHAMBRES : "A PERFECT ROAD MAP FOR EU CLUSTERS DOES NOT EXIST".
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- December 2, 2009
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"Clusters would fail without businesses," says Ben Butters, Eurochambres' director of European affairs, while explaining his association's five-point proposal (see separate article).aClusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies or institutions that are active in a particular field and are present in a nation or region. Some clusters are more traditional than others, with one cluster focusing more on innovation and another more on the aerospace sector, as is the case of a cluster in Toulouse.
Why is the success of a cluster dependent on businesses?
Innovation, growth of jobs - all this is generated by businesses. That's why they ...