SECTORAL CLUSTERING ANALYSIS BASED ON THE PORTER MODEL

Globalism and economic changing process is an important transformation point not only for national economies but also for regional economies. It is observed there are various collaborative formations in various regions and sectors that provide the same kind of products or services. Defined as clustering, these collaborative formations play an important role to create cost advantage and therefore to increase competitiveness. The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between competitiveness and clustering concept, and to research the connections between the value chains that form clustering. This study includes definition of a new model which has been developed mainly based on Porter model and used in the analysis of the data collected for the study. For the study, region or sector which there is clustering features is determined and the enterprises in collaboration are evaluated statistically according to specific criteria and finally, the findings are interpreted.

Keywords: Clustering, Sectoral Clustering, Porter Model, Western Mediterranean Region

For the whole study: https://doi.org/10.20875/makusobed.288360

DOÇ. DR. AHMET SARITAŞ