Clusters as an instrument to bridge institutional voids in transition economies

Lessons learned from Southeast Europe

• Author(s): Tine Schrammel,
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business
• Pages: 267
• ISBN_10: 3658057254
  ISBN_13: 9783658057251
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Small Business , Business & Economics / International / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Business & Economics / General , Business & Economics / Marketing / Research ,

Description:... Transition economies, such as the countries in Southeast Europe, face an expeditious institutional transition from a centrally planned to a market economy. The state withdraws from its monitoring function, which results in institutional voids that affect the economy in general and small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in specific. With a qualitative case study approach Tine Schrammel develops a scheme to detect institutional voids as one source of competitive disadvantages of SMEs in transition economies. In a second step she demonstrates that specific cluster services bridge institutional voids and improve the competitive position of SMEs in environments of institutional voids. The findings add to the understanding of institutional voids and to the role of clusters in transition economies.