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- Title
The Impact of Technology-based Clusters on Regional Development: The Case of the Grand Poitiers Futuroscope Technopole.
- Authors
Scheel, Carlos; Bretones, Daniel D.
- Abstract
Several well-recognized cities in the world have leaped to outstanding levels of economic and social development leveraged by specific breakthrough drivers. For the region of Poitou-Charentes in France, the presence of the Futuroscope Amusement Park in the city of Poitiers has become a significant tourist attraction that now produces a dilemma. Is this infrastructure sufficient for assembling the "Grand Poitiers Technopole" as a successful high-technology cluster? To reach the conditions to assemble this high-tech cluster, the region must have the potential to articulate, manage and govern aggressive innovation strategies. Following the results of a study of several innovative cities around the globe, basic enabling mechanisms were found that have broken with the conventional growth paradigms with atypical breakthrough innovations, and have now achieved world-class disrupting performances, a global branding and status as successful poles of technological innovation. The results obtained show the features of the existing technopole as the ones to enhance in order to have a world-class positioning for the region.
- Subjects
FRANCE; ECONOMIC development; SOCIAL development; AMUSEMENT parks; HIGH technology; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations; BRANDING (Marketing)
- Publication
Universidad & Empresa, 2011, Vol 20, p11
- ISSN
0124-4639
- Publication type
Article