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Applying Cluster Analysis to Renewable Energy Emergent Sector at Local Level

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Managing Complexity

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This paper aims to provide a brief overview of state-of-the-art methods of cluster analysis and to acknowledge their limitations when applied to local level in renewable energies. This emergent sector is becoming increasingly important within the field of Industrial Organization, with technological and industrial innovation being essential for the competitiveness of future “smart cities”. An understanding and analysis of the clusters formed by the different participating actors (public administration, centers of research and knowledge, and businesses) will be the key to safeguarding economic development, especially in their initial stage. As a conclusion, Social Network Analysis (SNA) tools together with Competitive Advantage Analysis (CAA) seem to be the most recommended methods.

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  1. Foresight Technology and Management (FTM) Group, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, calle Nieves Cano 12, 01006, Vitoria, Spain

    Jaso Larruscain, Rosa Río-Belver & Javier Gavilanes-Trapote

  2. Foresight Technology and Management (FTM) Group, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, alameda Urquijo s/n, 48030, Bilbao, Spain

    Ernesto Cilleruelo

  3. Foresight Technology and Management (FTM) Group, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, calle Elcano 21, 48030, Bilbao, Spain

    Gaizka Garechana

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  1. INSISOC, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

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  2. INSISOC, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

    Adolfo López-Paredes

  3. INSISOC, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain

    José M. Pérez-Ríos

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Larruscain, J., Río-Belver, R., Cilleruelo, E., Garechana, G., Gavilanes-Trapote, J. (2014). Applying Cluster Analysis to Renewable Energy Emergent Sector at Local Level. In: Hernández, C., López-Paredes, A., Pérez-Ríos, J. (eds) Managing Complexity. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04705-8_34

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