<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of the study is the identification of a formal macro-regional transport and logistics cluster and its development trends on a macro-regional level in 2007-2011 by means of the hierarchical cluster analysis. The central approach of the study is based on two concepts: 1) the concept of formal and informal macro-regions, and 2) the concept of clustering which is based on the similarities shared by the countries of a macro-region and tightly related to the concept of macro-region. The authors seek to answer the question whether the formation of a formal transport cluster could provide the BSR a stable competitive position in the global transportation and logistics market.</p></abstract>

The aim of the study is the identification of a formal macro-regional transport and logistics cluster and its development trends on a macro-regional level in 2007-2011 by means of the hierarchical cluster analysis. The central approach of the study is based on two concepts: 1) the concept of formal and informal macro-regions, and 2) the concept of clustering which is based on the similarities shared by the countries of a macro-region and tightly related to the concept of macro-region. The authors seek to answer the question whether the formation of a formal transport cluster could provide the BSR a stable competitive position in the global transportation and logistics market.

Formal And Informal Macro-Regional Transport Clusters As A Primary Step In The Design And Implementation Of Cluster-Based Strategies

Department of Business Administration, Tallinn School of Economics and Business Administration, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, 12618, Akadeemia tee 3, Estonia, Phone: +3725264686

Department of Logistics and Transport, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn 12616, Akadeemia tee 15a, Estonia, Phone: +372 62 02 605

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

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The aim of the study is the identification of a formal macro-regional transport and logistics cluster and its development trends on a macro-regional level in...

Formal And Informal Macro-Regional Transport Clusters As A Primary Step In The Design And Implementation Of Cluster-Based Strategies

Published Online: Jun 22, 2015

Page range: 207 - 216

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ttj-2015-0019

Keywords
Baltic Sea Region (BSR), hierarchical cluster analysis (statistics), location quotient, macro-region, transport and logistics

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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Formal And Informal Macro-Regional Transport Clusters As A Primary Step In The Design And Implementation Of Cluster-Based Strategies

Published Online: Jun 22, 2015

Page range: 207 - 216

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ttj-2015-0019

KeywordsBaltic Sea Region (BSR), hierarchical cluster analysis (statistics), location quotient, macro-region, transport and logistics

© Transport and Telecommunication Institute

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Baltic Sea Region (BSR), hierarchical cluster analysis (statistics), location quotient, macro-region, transport and logistics