Agricultural clusters in the Netherlands
Maarten. A. Schouten, Wim J. M. Heijman
Michael Porter was the first to use the term cluster in an economic context. He introduced the term in The Competitive Advantage of Nations (1990).
The term cluster is also known as business cluster, industry cluster, competitive cluster or Porterian cluster. This article aims at determining and
measuring agricultural clusters in the Netherlands.
Keywords:
localization, food industry, national rural strategy, sustainability, local markets, farmer
Contact:
M.A. Schouten, W.J.M. Heijman, Wageningen University, Netherlands, e-mail: wim.Heijman@wur.nl, Maarten.Schouten@wur.nl
Date of online publishing:
06.09.2012
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