Government support for the development of regional food clusters: evidence from Alberta, Canada

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dc.contributor.authorSteiner, Bodo E.
dc.contributor.authorAli, Jolene
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-03T14:24:32Z
dc.date.available2011-10-03T14:24:32Z
dc.date.issued2011-03
dc.date.updated2011-09-14T13:48:42Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses government support for networking and regional cluster growth in the food sector. It is, to the best of our knowledge, the first paper to provide a literature review of studies on regional food clusters, focusing on key features that characterise successful regional food clusters. The review compares key characteristics of such clusters with characteristics of clusters from other industrial sectors. The insights from these studies on clustering success and the role of government are contrasted with empirical evidence on government support for clustering in the Canadian food sector, specifically in the province of Alberta. The empirical evidence is based on two small industry surveys, one conducted in March 2005, and the second in August 2009. Considering this empirical evidence, we have little support for an emerging food (innovation) cluster in Alberta, and little evidence for effective government support toward food cluster development in Alberta.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationSteiner, B.; Ali, J. (2011) 'Government support for the development of regional food clusters: Evidence from Alberta, Canada'. International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, 3 (2):186-216. doi: 10.1504/IJIRD.2011.038924en
dc.identifier.doi10.1504/IJIRD.2011.038924
dc.identifier.endpage216
dc.identifier.issn1753-0660
dc.identifier.issued2
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Innovation and Regional Developmenten
dc.identifier.startpage186
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/434
dc.identifier.volume3
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherInderscience Enterprises Ltd.en
dc.rights© 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.en
dc.subjectLocation based clusteringen
dc.subjectFood clustersen
dc.subjectNetworksen
dc.subjectInnovationen
dc.subjectGovernment supporten
dc.subjectAlberta, Canadaen
dc.subjectRegional clustersen
dc.subjectRegional developmenten
dc.subject.lcshFood industry and trade--Government policy--Canadaen
dc.subject.lcshRural development--Canada.en
dc.titleGovernment support for the development of regional food clusters: evidence from Alberta, Canadaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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