International Logistics 4th Edition by Pierre David

Exercise 4

In addition to the clusters of Silicon Valley and Sassuolo, Michael Porter identified a cluster for printing presses in Heidelberg, Germany, and others have written about clusters in Limoges, France, for porcelain and in Valenza Po, Italy, for gold jewelry. What characteristics do industrial clusters have that other cities do not have? Can you think of another industrial cluster in the United States or abroad?