7. Local (not clustered) The ”cluster sector” represents about 1/3 of all employment About 65% of employment Cluster category 1 About 35%of employment Cluster category 2 Lindqvist, ESPON, Luxembourg, 5 Nov 2009 7
8. About 250 NUTS-2 regions About 500 industries, 38 cluster categories Lindqvist, ESPON, Luxembourg, 5 Nov 2009 8
9. Agenda The European Cluster Observatory Clusters – spatial and functional dimensions Cluster mapping Measuring spatial industry agglomeration Urban vs. rural agglomeration Future approaches Q&A Lindqvist, ESPON, Luxembourg, 5 Nov 2009 9
23. Concentration: the tendency of firms to co-locate with firms of the same industrymore than with firms in general Urbanisation: the tendency of firms to co-locate with firms of any industrymore than firms in general do Clusters Ref: Lindqvist (2009) “Disentangling Clusters” Lindqvist, ESPON, Luxembourg, 5 Nov 2009 18
26. Concentrated The urban-rural shift swine farmers 1 km egg farmers meat wholesalers 1 km 5 km security brokers 1 km 25 km 1 km 1 km 125 km agricultural wholesalers non-life insurance Dispersed Rural Urban Ref: Lindqvist (2009) “Disentangling Clusters”
27. Agenda The European Cluster Observatory Clusters – spatial and functional dimensions Cluster mapping Measuring spatial industry agglomeration Urban vs. rural agglomeration Future approaches Q&A Lindqvist, ESPON, Luxembourg, 5 Nov 2009 22
28. A flexible online cluster mapping tool User-defined regions Combine NUTS-2 Specialregions Baltic, Mediterranean, Danube Defaultregions mostly NUTS-2 User-defined sectors Combine NACE-4 Specialsectors Creative industries, eco, etc. Defaultsectorsabout 40 categories = allconcentrated industries Lindqvist, ESPON, Luxembourg, 5 Nov 2009 23
29. Agenda The European Cluster Observatory Clusters – spatial and functional dimensions Cluster mapping Measuring spatial industry agglomeration Urban vs. rural agglomeration Future approaches Q&A Lindqvist, ESPON, Luxembourg, 5 Nov 2009 24
31. Contact Göran Lindqvist, PhD Center for Strategy and Competitiveness Stocholm School of Economics www.sse.edu/csc goran.lindqvist@hhs.se +46 8 7369524 Lindqvist, ESPON, Luxembourg, 5 Nov 2009 26