The Cluster Organization

Cluster organizations are becoming more and more popular, both in developing and developed countries. The book provides new important elements to the current system of knowledge, filling in the cognitive and research gaps in the scientific literature on problems related to cooperation in cluster organizations.

Anna Maria Lis is a faculty member of the Department of Management and Economics at Gdäsk University of Technology, Poland. Adrian Lis is a faculty member at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw, Poland.

1. Introduction. 2. Theoretical foundations of clusters and cluster organizations. 3. Theoretical foundations of cooperation in cluster organizations. 4. Application of grounded theory and the abduction approach to the research of cluster organizations. 5. Development of cooperation in cluster organizations: results of empirical research. 6. Application of the generated concept to selected cluster organizations in Europe. 7. Conclusions.