Identification and Validation of the Maritime Cluster in Portugal

An Exploratory Analysis

  • Maria Manuela S. Natário Instituto Politécnico da Guarda; GOVCOPP-UA - Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies - Universidade de Aveiro; Unit for the Development of the Interior UDI-IPG, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5983-8399
  • Elisabeth T. Pereira University of Aveiro, GOVCOPP-UA - Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8997-1249
  • João Pedro A. Couto University of Azores, Advance/CSG and ISEG, Centre of Applied Economics Studies of the Atlantic, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9442-5461
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34624/ijbi.v2i3.33169
Keywords: Maritime Clueste, Geographical Concentration Indicators, Competitiveness, European Policy, Public Policies

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the theme of clusters, mainly linked to the maritime cluster (Doloreux, 2017; Stavroulakis et al., 2020b; Stavroulakis et al., 2021; Li & Luo, 2021; Shi, et al. 2021), but also to the agri-food cluster (Franco at al., 2019; Franco et al., 2020), among others. The aim of this study is to analyse whether the Maritime Cluster in Portugal prefigures and presents a functioning structure as a cluster. In order to verify whether they fulfil the conditions of a cluster, the geographical concentration indicators will be used as a research methodology. From the results achieved for the different indicators, on the identification and validation of the Maritime cluster in Portugal, it was concluded that it fulfils the conditions of a cluster. Thus, in the selected NUTS III there is an agglomeration of these maritime activities in the region, with an increase and intensification of the specialisation of the maritime cluster as well as a clear contribution and strengthening of the maritime cluster in the region under study for the country. Hence, it can be concluded that European policies to support clusterisation have had positive effects on this cluster in Portugal.

Published
2023-09-29
How to Cite
Natário, M. M., Pereira, E., & Couto, J. P. (2023). Identification and Validation of the Maritime Cluster in Portugal. International Journal of Business Innovation, 2(3), e33169. https://doi.org/10.34624/ijbi.v2i3.33169
Issue
Volume 2 Issue 3 (2023)
Section
Management

Copyright (c) 2023 Maria Manuela S. Natário, Elisabeth T. Pereira, João Pedro A. Couto

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