BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES. Ph.D. School Economis I. Ph.D. THESIS
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1 BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES Ph.D. School Economis I Ph.D. THESIS Publicly presented and sustained by the author: CRISTINA ANDREEA N. FLOREA Thesis title: CREATIVE & INNOVATIVE CLUSTERS. CREATIVE & INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES AND CITIES. Ph.D. Supervisor: Prof. univ. Dr. Marta-Christina SUCIU Ph.D. Thesis Examining Commission: Conf. univ. Dr. Grigore Piroșcă (Chairman) Prof. univ. Dr. Magdalena Platis (referent) Prof. univ. Dr. Viorel Cornescu (referent) Prof. univ. Dr. Luminiţa Constantin (referent) Prof. univ. Dr. Christina Suciu (scientific Ph.D. supervisor) Bucharest University of Economic Studies University of Bucharest Bucharest University, Romanian Academy Bucharest University of Economic Studies Bucharest University of Economic Studies Bucharest, 2016
2 CONTENT INTRODUCTION SECTION I. THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATION. STATE OF ART 1 CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS USEFUL IN CLUSTER ANALYSIS 1.1 THE CLUSTER. CONCEPTUAL CLARIFICATIONS 1.2 THE IMPORTANCE OF CLUSTERS IN THE PRESENT CONTEXT 1.3 INSTRUMENTS AND POLICIES DEDICATED TO SUPPORT CLUSTERS The European Cluster Observatory ESCA Clustero the network of clusters from Romania 1.4 CONCLUSIONS FOR CHAPTER 1 2 IDENTIFICATION OF SOME INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES EXAMPLES IN THE FIELD OF CLUSTERS 2.1 MARKET INTELLIGENCE 2.2 INTER-SECTORIAL COOPERATION 2.3 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT: INTEGRATION OF THE MARKET INTELLIGENCE AND OF THE INTER-SECTORIAL COOPERATION PROCESS WITHIN THE TRANS- SECTORIAL INNOVATION 2.4 TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER: CAPACITY AND KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION 2.5 INNOVATION VOUCHERS: ORIENTATION OF FINANCING FUNDS TOWARDS INNOVATIVE ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE MEANS OF CLUSTERS 2.6 STRATEGIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN CLUSTERS: TRANSNATIONAL NETWORK 2.7 CONCLUSIONS FOR CHAPTER 2 3 DEVELOPMENT OF CREATIVE & INTELLIGENT CITIES 3.1 CONCEPTUAL CLARIFICATIONS 3.2 THE PERFORMANCE AND THE COMPETITIVITY OF CREATIVE & INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES 3.3 CONCLUSIONS FOR CHAPTER 3 4 CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE & INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES
3 4.1 REGIONAL DISPARITIES 4.2 A SYNTHETIC ANALYSIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF THE CREATIVE- INNOVATIVE AND INTELLIGENT CITIES 4.3 EXAMPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE The city of Birmingham An example of good practice within the social inclusion field Barcelona Example of a Creative City in Spain Wrocław Example of Polish good practice 4.4 CONCLSIONS FOR CHAPTER CONCLUSIONS FOR SECTION I SECTION II. CREATIVE & INNOVATIVE CLUSTERS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF INTELLIGENT, SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT 5 THE SUSTAINABLE COMPETTITIVE ADVANTAGE OBTAINED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CREATIVE-INNOVATIVE CLUSTERS AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL IN ROMANIA 5.1 THE METHODOLOGY USED DURING THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 5.2 HIGHLIGHTING THE CREATIVE FIELDS AND THE ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATIONS IN LINE WITH THE CREATIVITY LEVEL 5.3 ANALYSIS OF CREATIVE ORGANIZATIONS 5.4 IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS CLUSTERS IN ROMANIA 5.5 APPLYING THE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS METHODS IN THE CASE OF CREATIVE & INNOVATIVE CLUSTERS Qualitative research Quantitative research Sample structure Main research results 5.6 CONCLUSIONS FOR CHAPTER 5 6 ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN CLUSTERS VECTORS: POLICIES, DIRECTIONS, STRATEGIES, FINANCING 6.1 SUPPORTING PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ACTIONS IN ROMANIA 6.2 RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF CLUSTERS PERFORMANCE
4 6.3 EFFECTS OF USING INSTRUMENTS SPECIFIC TO BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE IN THE CASE OF CLUSTERS 6.4 CLUSTER FINANCING 6.5 CONCLUSIONS FOR CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSIONS FOR SECTION II SECTION III. CREATIVE & INTELLIGENT COMMUNITIES AND CITIES FACTOR OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 7 URBAN AREAS IN ROMANIA. CURRENT STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CASE OF CREATIVE & INTELLIGENT CITIES 7.1 RESEARCH CONTEXT AND APPLIED METHODOLOGY 7.2 ANALYSIS OF THE FIVE PROSPERITY PILLARS OF THE CREATIVE & INTELLIGENT CITIES Sample structure Pillar 1: Economic productivity Pillar 2: Infrastructure Pillar 3: Life quality Pillar 4: Equality of chances, tolerance and minority integration Pillar 5: Environment 7.3 CONCLUSIONS FOR CHAPTER 7 8 EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES BASED ON THE CREATIVE, INNOVATIVE, INTELLIGENT & INCLUSSIVE COMMUNITIES 8.1 THE STRATEGY OF CLUJ: CLUJ INNOVATION CITY 8.2 IASI EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST CREATIVE CITY IN ROMANIA 8.3 CONCLUSIONS FOR CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSIONS FOR SECTION III 9 CONCLUSIONS AND FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY APENDIX APENDIX 1 QUESTIONNAIRE CREATIVE-INNOVATIVE CLUSTERS APENDIX 2 - QUESTIONNAIRE CREATIVE-INTELLIGENT CITIES
5 KEY WORDS: Creative & innovative clusters; Creative & intelligent cities; Cultural & creative industries; Sustainable competitive advantage Smart, sustainable & inclusive development, Regional strategies. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the context of the contemporaneous economy we notice the amplification of the writings related to the theme of creative & innovative clusters and creative & intelligent cities, a topic that is highly complex and thus is requiring different and nuanced approaches, of trans and cross disciplinary nature, demanding the highlight of the accelerated dynamics. The issues of creative economy and knowledge-based society are highly complex and have strong and important insertions not only among the economic and financial issues, but also on the social, cultural and moral plan. The high level of the topic complexity requires an integrative and holistic approach that combines the macro, mezzo (on different sectors and territories) and micro-economic levels. The main goal of the Ph.D. thesis regards the investigation within the issues of creative-innovative clusters and creative-intelligent cities and the identification of the possibilities to implement these concepts in Romania. The thesis signals even from the beginning the complexity of these topics and the expected effects that can be induced by their implementation into practice. In order to fulfill this main goal the Ph.D dissertation had targeted also some subobjectives with respect to the following main issues: the identification of the main theoretical and methodological approaches based on the critical analyze of the mainstream approaches that arise from the specialized literature; investigating some best practices examples referring explicitly the cases of the creative & innovative clusters, on one hand and the one of the smart & creative cities, on the other hand providing also an anchor according to the international and European trends of evolution;
6 organizing the own research dedicated to the validation in the case of Romania of the main work hypothesis and of the main approaches that had been identified within the specialized literature. In order to target both the main goal and the research subobjectives, the Ph.D dissertation paper had been structured in three sections that include nine chapters in which there had been presented in a quite logic and clear ways of expressions the main issues of the research topic. Section I (chapters 1-4), includes a theoretical exposition and a critical analysis of the main concepts, approaches and trends regarding the creative & innovative clusters, on one hand and the smart & creative cities, on the other hand. Section II (chapters 5 and 6) presents results of my own research dedicated to the issue of the creative & innovative clusters. Section III (chapters 7 and 8) includes some specific issues regarding creative & intelligent cities based both on my own research (chapter 7) and on the illustration of two best practices examples identificated in Romania (Cluj & Iaşi-chapter 8). A part of my doctoral research had been validated by presenting them to groups of qualified people both on the national level and abroad by disseminating within some scientific events and by publishing some papers that are include on the references and on the list of publications. As it can be discovered the paper has a complex structure and includes a variety of issues to be questioned based on the theoretical and methodological approaches complemented by the inclusion of some concrete issues that can be useful for the policy makers no matter the level where they take decisions (micro, mezzo and macroeconomic). The first section relates to the ample context of research in the field of creative & innovative clusters and corresponding to the one of creative & intelligent cities and represents the part dedicated to the state of art with respect to the chosen topic of research. Theoretic elements regarding clusters and creative & innovative communities are being analyzed, using a variety of bibliographic sources and references that belong to the mainstream publications (books, studies, research reports, papers included within ISI Web of Knowledge Thomson or other international well recognized data bases on which I managed to get access as a PhD of Bucharest University of Economic Studies.
7 For this purpose there had been used a series of methodological tools by using mainly the following: bibliographic documentation, descriptive research, critical analysis, synthesis. Chapter 1 is dedicated to certain conceptual clarification, useful in the analysis of clusters in the frame of contemporaneous debates in the field. Chapter 2 focus on the identification of some international examples of good practice from the field of clusters. In this area there had been listed the main examples of good practice identified at the international level and there were highlighted multiple manners of application the cluster concept. In this chapter there was explicitly emphasized the role of creative and innovative management for the policy makers from different decisional level, playing an active role in the functioning of such collaborative structures. Chapter 3 refers to the problematic of the development of creative & intelligent cities. Chapter 4 describes the main challenges and opportunities with which creative & intelligent communities are confronted. The challenges included by the theme of creative-innovative clusters and of creative-intelligent cities are transformed into opportunities and main factors that influence a smart, sustainable and inclusive development at the regional level. The amplified importance taken by these topics at an international level denotes a real interest in the direction of cooperation at cross-border, national, regional and sector level, both from a theoretical and applicative perspective. The main objective assumed by this thesis had in view: the promotion in Romania of the fields assimilated to creative & innovative clusters and creative & intelligent cities, as well as the promotion of the good practices of this ones, as premises of a smart, sustainable and inclusive development. Under the auspices of Europe 2020 Strategy, these topics have an essential role for competitiveness and economic convergence and may contribute to diminishing the gaps between regions and to the exploration of the creative and innovative potential and of the intelligence of the citizens of a community. In order to achieve this main objective, it was necessary to go through several intermediary research stages, which can be emphasized as sub-objectives: Ensuring a solid fundament necessary for the research, by studying the specialized literature and consulting the latest studies in these fields.
8 The identification and the analysis of the best international practices in order to adapt these to the national and territorial specifics. The realization of a radiography at Romania s level for identifying the areas with clustering potential, as well as the communities that went through important stages towards transformation into smart and creative urban centres. The research combines harmoniously the theoretical and methodological framework with the applicative, strategic and operational one. The main contributions brought in this field consist from: the development of a conceptual plan of creative & innovative clusters and of creative & smart communities by adapting to the national specifics, the realization of comparative analysis between the good practices at international level and those at local level, elaborating of a set of recommendations based on the results obtained from applying the qualitative and quantitative research methods, effectuated in order to emphasize some of the perception of economic actors upon the researched directions. In order to capture the most modern approaches in the Ph.D. research field, I started from investigating the specialized literature and I tried to identify the main directions and trends highlighted by the experts in the field. Emphasizing these approaches underwent by realizing a critical analysis of the specialty literature, which allowed the emphasizing of the relevance of these themes at international level, as well as the necessity of implementing them in the national space. The identification of good practice in these fields offers the possibility to understand deeply the most important success models and the possibility of adaptation to the national specifics. In the context of studied themes, the examples of success are a real source of information and knowledge. Starting from the imperatives of the alignment of Romania to the requests, performances and global trends of evolution, we consider that it will be necessary to elaborate an adequate strategy with corresponding projections at the level of a coherent set of policies and concrete measures of action. As widely pointed out within the thesis, the topic of creative-innovative clusters is approached under various aspects, having mainly the same role of interconnecting the economic actors with the purpose of stimulating productivity and increasing economic performance.
9 The structure of clusters underwent various stages in time, being modified mostly in the last decades with focus on the Triple Helix model to the model of Quadruple Helix and Quintuple Helix, with highlight on the environment and civil society protection components. The model proposed by Michael Porter is one of the important patterns used for research studies in the field of creative & innovative clusters. At the European level there had been founded organizations that identify, evaluate and monitor the activity of clusters. The European Observatory of Clusters and The European Secretariat for the Analysis of Clusters are two of the most known organizations dedicated to this field. The European Observatory of Clusters is an online platform that was launched in 2007, providing information and analysis related to clusters and competitiveness, respectively to the policies in this field in Europe. The European Secretariat for the Analysis of Clusters promotes excellence within cluster management, providing evaluations and comparative analysis, respectively certifications in the field of management quality. The European Commission had a series of initiatives meant to support the activity of clusters and to extend the good practice at the level of its member states. The policies and strategies elaborated in this direction were addressed mainly to trans-national cooperation and exchange of experience and good practice between clusters. The Association of Clusters in Romania is one of the most well-known organizations at national level. It follows the support and the encouragement of cluster development, playing an important role in the analysis of the dimension and the facilitation of interactions between national clusters. The second section is dedicated to the issues of creative & innovative clusters in the context of a smart, sustainable and inclusive development. This section is an applicative one and consists from the use of knowledge and scientific research methods in order to verify initial hypothesis. The objective followed within this section was the one of emphasizing the necessity of a practical approach in the field of analysis performed upon creative-innovative clusters. In this direction, in the two chapters of this section I highlighted the sustainable competitive advantage in the implementation of creative-innovative clusters at regional level in Romania (chapter 5) and, respectively, at analysing the main vectors of clusters: policies, directions, strategies, finances (chapter 6).
10 In the second section of the thesis I performed a radiography of the clusters in Romania with respect to the field of activity, as well as in report to their distribution in the territory, at macro-regional level. The localization of clusters in the same region raises the area at an inter-sectorial hub level, due to the concentration of various fields of activity. By effectuating a NUTS 2 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics in Romania) level analysis, we could observe the fact that the territorial repartition of clusters is not homogenous. Following the competitive advantages approach that is raising from the regional specifics, clusters focused their activity in certain regions that have a potential for the field in which they activate. By effectuating an analysis at the level of the fields of activity of the organizations (according to the CAEN Nomenclature), we identified the regions that have a clustering potential. The territory charting exercises that emphasize the concentration on regions and fields of activity may constitute points of reference in the identification of the development potential of clusters. The complex and cross disciplinary character of the research requires the use of both the qualitative method and the quantitative one in the study of clusters. Considering the target group and its structure, the interviews were addressed to economic actors involved in clusters, as follows: representatives of clusters, representatives of the business environment and of creative incubators, representatives of institutions of higher education. Within the quantitative analysis we appealed to a questionnaire that was submitted to organizations at national level, through which we tried to analyse the perception regarding the following elements: the membership to a cluster, collaboration with other companies, the capacity of innovation and the analysis of the level of creativity of the organization. In view of elaborating this questionnaire, we went through a series of intermediary stages: o Identification of the variables to be analysed in the research; o Configuration and adaptation of variants of answer depending on the specific of the researched element (questions with simple, multiple, open or measure scale based answer); o Sizing of the sample; o Verification and internal validation of the questionnaire; o Analysis the obtained results, as well as of the initial premises; o Interpretation of the hypothesis and analysis of the data.
11 This questionnaire was first transmitted for verification to a number of ten researches, for validation and configuration. After the received appreciations, we proceeded to its modification according to the mentions. Within the research it was also realized an impact analysis of clusters, by addressing a set of questions to the members of the clusters in Romania. The purpose of this action was that of analysing the indicators regarding the level of innovation, the degree of specialization, the degree of opening towards collaboration, indicators regarding the financial performances and the sustainability, as well as the level of visibility on the local market. From the highlighted results we can deduce the fact that the cluster-type structures have an important role in relation to the economic environment, as a consequence to the increase of competitiveness, the increase of the level of visibility of companies both within clusters and outside these, respectively through the prism of the increase of process efficiency and high innovation degree. The most important factors which could determine the companies to become members of certain clusters are: the access to the resources of the cluster (information, experience, expertise, finances etc.), the innovations brought on the market by the members of the cluster, the opportunities of cooperation with other similar organizations from within the cluster, the increase of the competitiveness and of the performance of the organization/company as a member of the cluster. The fields of activity with the highest visibility in the field of clusters are the ITC sector, followed by the consultancy sector, finances and banking, advertising, creative industries, human resources and accounting. On another side, there are two potential clustering directions: one that concentrates around the automotive industry and one that follows the development of alternative technologies and renewable energy sources. The trans-disciplinary and cross disciplinary approach is useful for understanding and deepening the way in which creative-innovative clusters can develop, and also the way in which they can stimulate a competitive evolution at the regional level.
12 The innovation capacity of the business environment is an essential factor for increasing the competitiveness and for a sustainable development. According to the results, the process of innovation contributes in a large measure to the sustainable, inclusive and intelligent development. Within the third section was approached the theme regarding creative-intelligent communities and cities, considered to be a key factor in regional development. In chapter 7 there is an analysis of the five pillars of the prosperity of creative-intelligent cities: Economic productivity (pillar 1); Infrastructure (pillar 2); Life quality (pillar 3); Equality of chances, tolerance and minority integration (pillar 4); Environment (pillar 5). In chapter 8 are presented two examples of good practices in the case of creative-intelligent cities from Romania: Cluj and Iasi. The final chapter (Chapter 9) contains conclusions and recommendations resulting from the effectuated research, based also on theoretical and methodological fundaments identified in the specialty literature. The big urban centers were always seen as cultural, creative centers, promoting innovative economic activities. Creative-smart communities assume a tight collaboration between the business environment and the public environment. The role of creative-innovative clusters is to support this interactivity by creating common benefits and a complex vision of the assumed objective of performance and of increase of efficiency in the unfolded activity. Approaching certain examples of success in the strategy of regional development is necessary in the context of creative-innovative cities. The reference to the main approaches and tendencies in the field of creative-intelligent cities is useful for the analysis of methods, policies and instruments of impact in the development of urban communities. In the thesis were presented as models the cities of Cluj Cluj Innovation City and Iasi Creative- Cultural City, describing a part of the processes that contributed to the transformation of these cities into creative-intelligent communities. Starting from these things, we identified several representative characteristics of creativeintelligent cities, to be more precise: Adaptation of the education system to the requirements of the society, by developing a creative education system, based on the stimulation of the creative potential of each pupil/student. Supporting and financing of the entrepreneurship is a strategy of growth for the competitiveness and specialization.
13 Promoting the initiatives of inter-sectorial cooperation is the key for the development of emergent sectors and trans-sectorial industries. The integration of a social concept that would include a protective component for the environment, as an initiative regarding the diminishing of the impact and the protection of the limited resources, as well as the facilitation of the development of renewable energy branches. Partnerships realized as clusters may have a positive effect upon the diminishing of discrepancies between regions, as well as in the plan of realizing an economic convergence and an intelligent, sustainable and inclusive development, in reference to the prerogatives of the Europa 2020 Strategy. Creative and innovative clusters and smart communities may offer viable solutions for economic revival, ensuring vitality, sustainability and competitive advantages both to the actors participating to such forms of co-working and to the local communities sustaining their development. The studies issued by URBACT at the international level for differentiating cities depending on the performance pylons constituted a basis for the research. Considering that in Romania hasn t yet been made such an analysis until now, we considered to be necessary to analyse the perception of citizens depending on the characteristic elements of intelligent cities. The relevant aspects for the analysis of the level of prosperity are grouped in five groups: productivity, infrastructure, life quality, equality between individuals and the quality of the environment. As it results from the scientific study, creative-innovative cities are different from the traditional ones by a high level of prosperity, multiculturalism, tolerance and diversity, innovation and creativity. The examples of good practice presented inside the thesis demonstrate that high performances are the result of experience and specialization of the organizations, being based on the accumulated competence and expertise, but also on an adequate strategy. We share the conviction that, both locally and nationally, creative & innovative and intelligent cities will know an important evolution in the future, being considered as veritable poles of competitiveness, that may contribute to an intelligent, sustainable and inclusive development of Romania on a medium and especially on a long term.
14 Compared to other studies in the field, this research starts from a conjunction of the two approached themes, from causal and interdependent aspect, determining the level of development of a community or even a region. The reason for which I chose this overlay of themes is given by the general macroeconomic context of changes of vision and perspective, for ensuring a durable development, with highlights on the creative and innovative components. These provides a value added and lead towards a superior society. Regarding the main theoretical and methodological and conceptual clarifications used during the thesis, I appealed both to investigating the specialty literature in order to identify not only the main concepts, orientations and tendencies manifested on a national and international level, and to selecting some of the most representative examples of good practice, relevant to this Ph.D. research. Regarding our Ph.D. research, we used qualitative, quantitative and descriptive analysis methods. The capitalization and the validation on the route of the results of our own research was done by dissemination of the results during national and international scientific manifestations, where they were presented and submitted to debates within panels of experts from the academic and the business environment. This scientific research thesis contains both empirical approaches and pragmatic approaches, which I consider to be useful also for future research. The approaches from this Ph.D. thesis can be constituted in new opportunities and research directions, but can also be useful for the fundament of strategies and policies within creativeinnovative clusters and creative-intelligent cities, as basis for the successful operationalization and implementation of some of the results of the Ph.D. research. The thesis illustrates mainly the interconnected chain between knowledge, creativity and innovation, with direct applicability within the field of creative-innovative clusters and intelligent communities, fact that, from my point of view, offers a distinctive note to the research. The promotion in Romania of the theme of this Ph.D. thesis may provide a competitive advantage in order to ensure favourable premises for an intelligent, sustainable and inclusive development of Romania, on medium and long term, in relation to the most modern approaches on national, European and international level.
15 Even if, for the time being, in Romania the researches in this field are still at the beginning, thanks to the support, the care and the love with which I was formed and supervised by Univ. Prof. Dr. Marta Christina Suciu I consider that I managed to provide an interesting perspective of approach. Her encouragement and unconditioned support with which she provided me every time, through a careful and meticulous guidance during all these years of Ph.D. research, helped me and made me succeed in each of the trying steps. Three years of constant work managed to stimulate my interest for this topic. I had the chance to benefit from the extensive expertise of all the members of the Guiding Commission (including Mrs. Professor Univ. Dr. Luminiţa CONSTANTIN, the President of the Romanian Regional Studies Association; Mr. Professor Univ. Dr. Alexandru TAŞNADI and Associate Professor Dr.. Grigore PIROŞCĂ), as well as from that of Professor Univ. Dr. Marian DÂRDALĂ, who was my tutor during the POSDRU EXCELSIS Project. I address special thanks to all the team involved within the POSDRU EXCELSIS Project, project coordonated by Professor Univ. Dr. Mihai ROMAN. This project had facilitated me to enjoy the cross disciplinary approaches because of the opportunities to interact with researchers from economic, sociological and medical fields, regarding both PhD and Post PhD researches, mostly those from aria 3 (coordonates as a tutor by my PhD supervisor, Mrs Professor Univ. Dr. Marta-Christina SUCIU). I had the opportunity to get involved within many common activities among the auspices of EXCELIS project (training sessions, dedicated workshops concerning specific topics for debate, conferences etc). I will do my best to continue my research both in the academic research (by completing a postdoctoral research) and in the plan of implementation in the business environment from Romania of the ideas promoted through this Ph.D. thesis, with special reference to the promotion of creative & innovative clusters and smart communities.
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