Cluster Twinning: Understanding the Dynamics and Methodological Issues

The paper focused on “Cluster Twinning” was implemented that aimed at optimal process for the linking two clusters across different countries at different levels of development, i.e. a developed or mature and a developing or emerging cluster that were nevertheless producing similar products.

More specifically, cluster twinning was meant to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of existing but currently underachieving and not yet fully developed SME cluster. This objective was to be achieved by forging twinning arrangements between Indian and foreign clusters, by strengthening the capacities of firms within clusters through linkages among the internal cluster firms and between the firms and their support institutions