Identification and Validation of the Maritime Cluster in Portugal
An Exploratory Analysis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34624/ijbi.v2i3.33169Keywords:
Maritime Clueste, Geographical Concentration Indicators, Competitiveness, European Policy, Public PoliciesAbstract
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.
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