Бакалавриат
2024/2025
Управление кластером
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Международный бакалавриат по бизнесу и экономике)
Направление:
38.03.01. Экономика
Где читается:
Факультет менеджмента (Нижний Новгород)
Когда читается:
3-й курс, 2, 3 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для всех кампусов НИУ ВШЭ
Преподаватели:
Иванова Екатерина Алексеевна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
5
Course Syllabus
Abstract
If you imagine enterprises and organizations in the form of stars in the sky, then the brightest among them, from which constellations were formed, are clusters. The word "cluster" has many meanings and is used as a term in various sciences, for example, in astronomy or mathematics. From an economic point of view, a cluster is a geographical concentration of firms, universities, and other organizations that interact with each other – cooperate and compete – in related industries. Hollywood is a classic example of a cluster of creative industries. According to the Harvard Business School and the European Cluster Observatory, the economies in which clusters are developing are more sustainable due to the high employment, productivity and innovation activity of their participants. The recognized effectiveness of the cluster approach makes it urgent to train specialists who are able to create conditions for the formation and productive operation of clusters. Since the 2000s, cluster manager has been a full-fledged profession in the world, requiring training and the formation of special knowledge, skills, and abilities. Today, more than 115 cluster organizations have been created in Russia, and over 1,000 in European countries. As part of the Cluster Management course, students will: • learn about the cluster approach to economic development and the latest scientific and practical trends in this area; • get acquainted with the professional standard and best practices of cluster management; • gain skills in designing a cluster organization, strategic development of a cluster initiative and development of a cluster project. Specialists familiar with the basics of cluster management will be in demand in cluster organizations and cluster development centers, as well as authorities and local governments involved in economic and innovation policy. Since 2015, the author and lecturer of the course has been conducting scientific and consulting work on cluster development issues in the team of the Russian Cluster Observatory Center at the Institute for Statistical Research and Economics of Knowledge at the Higher School of Economics.
Learning Objectives
- To learn about the cluster approach to economic development and the latest scientific and practical trends in this area; - get acquainted with professional standards and best practices of cluster management; - get skills in cluster organization design, strategic development of cluster initiative, and cluster project development.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students interpret the key cluster-related theories: agglomeration economies, urbanization economies, economic complexity, transaction costs theory, cluster theory, cluster initiatives theory.
- • Students reproduce and exemplify key success factors of cluster management.
- • Students analyze the KPIs of cluster managers
- • Students apply the global practices of cluster management, KPIs of cluster managers and cluster-based theories to designing a cluster project.
Course Contents
- 1. Basics of cluster management
- 2. Success factors of cluster initiatives
- 3. Cluster management: a profession
- 4. Cluster project design
Assessment Elements
- Success factors of cluster initiatives (best practices)
- Cluster initiative project
- “An ideal cluster manager”
- TestThe test has 30 questions (multiple choice and open-end). The students are given 80 minutes to write it at class (in zoom) during the final lesson
Interim Assessment
- 2024/2025 3rd module0.25 * Cluster initiative project + 0.25 * Success factors of cluster initiatives (best practices) + 0.25 * Test + 0.25 * “An ideal cluster manager”
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Beaudry, C., & Breschi, S. (2003). Are firms in clusters really more innovative? Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.D6FA4E7A
- Engel Jerome S. Global Clusters of Innovation: Entrepreneurial Engines of Economic Growth around the World [Book]. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014.
- Izushi, H., & Huggins, R. (2011). Competition, Competitive Advantage, and Clusters : The Ideas of Michael Porter. Oxford: OUP Oxford. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=438463
- Joanna Bohatkiewicz. (2018). Factors Facilitating Upgrading Process of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services’ Clusters in Global Value Chains. Przedsiębiorczość i Zarządzanie : Uwarunkowania Internacjonalizacji Przedsiębiorstw w Dobie Gospodarki Przedsiębiorczej, 14, 19–27.
- Mercedes Delgado, Michael E. Porter, & Scott Stern. (2016). Defining clusters of related industries. Journal of Economic Geography, (1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbv017
- Piperopoulos Panos G. Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Business Clusters [Book]. - Abingdon : Routledge, 2016.
- Schoales, J. (2006). Alpha Clusters: Creative Innovation in Local Economies. Economic Development Quarterly, 20(2), 162–177. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891242405285932
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Besley, T., & Persson, T. (2011). Pillars of Prosperity : The Political Economics of Development Clusters. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=380271
- Gary Gereffi, & Joonkoo Lee. (2016). Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains and Industrial Clusters: Why Governance Matters. Journal of Business Ethics, 1, 25. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2373-7
- Pronestì, Giuseppe. (2018). Life Cycle of Clusters in Designing Smart Specialization Policies. 10.1007/978-3-030-03780-2