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information for cluster rejuvenation
2. Assistance for lagging regions (which the
exhausted cluster now is): workforce development,
infrastructure maintenance and planning for
promotion of cluster development in the local
exhausted cluster and for clusters in other regions
Notes and caveats
1. The exhaustion stage means cluster will lock-in on
decline if it is not rejuvenated. The role of
government and community (associations) is to
provide cluster renewal assistance for cluster renewal
as firms will either not have resources to do it or will
moving operations out of the region
2. The role of government is to recognize that the
cluster is exhausted and thus ensure relevant
information and data is available and shared with
cluster organizations in an effort to incentivize
planning for regeneration.
3. Promotion of entrepreneurship should focus on
creation of growth companies, incubation,
workshops. Heavy incentives to induce core industry
companies to form spinoffs and outsource their
development
decline have failed; association
membership declining and loosing
effectiveness to support the cluster
