2011-03, Bürkler, Erich, Rastrick, Karyn, Rodrigues, Mark

Theory and Practice in public-private collaboration for innovation divert frequently. Different sectors with contrary incentives make it difficult to work together in applied research and product development. Close links like spin-offs from universities or long-term operational links facilitate the transfer from theory and public research to practice.

2011-03, Bürkler, Erich, Rastrick, Karyn, Rodrigues, Mark

Clustering related organisations often results in better and more specialised suppliers, information spill-overs between companies, stronger labour pools and more creative competition between neighbours. The agro cluster in Hamilton NZ got generous public funding at the start but suffered from a lack of trust between public organisations and also with some private participants. Therefore it was stopped after the public funding expired.