26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-6.9.2

THE REGIONAL AEROSPACE CLUSTER POLICY IN EUROPE

T. Schönfeld, F. Jouaillec
Aerospace Valley, France

Keywords: regional clusters, European policy

European competitiveness is essentially driven by dynamic industry and technology-based clusters. Globalisation has strengthened the role of regional clusters and although this presentation mainly focuses on the activities of the French competitiveness cluster "Aerospace Valley", perspectives on the future evolution in the context of European and international collaborations are provided.

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