İşletme Kümelerinin Belirlenmesinde Yararlanılan Yöntemlere İlişkin Bir Literatür İncelemesi

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present a literature review on the methods used to identify business clusters and to evaluate the information and constraints produced by the methods within the scope of the conceptual characteristics of the clusters. All methods have their own limitations. However, mixed approaches can eliminate the limitations caused by adopting top-down approaches using quantitative methods and bottom-up approaches using qualitative methods alone. Social network analysis can be used to determine the level of interaction/connectivity, which is the most basic feature of clusters. Identifying business clusters within economic systems is important for developing cluster-specific policy recommendations.

Keywords

• business clusters
• social network analysis
• cluster i̇dentification method