The Impact of Technology-based Clusters on Regional Development: The Case of the Grand Poitiers Futuroscope Technopole

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Published: Jun 30, 2012
Issue: Vol. 13 No. 20 (2011): (January-June)
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Keywords: tecnopolo Futuroscope , clusters de alta tecnología , estrategias regionales de innovación , polos de base tecnológica , ciudades innovadoras. Futuroscope Technopole , high-technology clusters , regional innovation strategies , technology based poles , innovative cities. Technopole Futuroscope , clusters de alta tecnologia , as estratégias regionais de inovação , pólos de base tecnológica , as cidades inovadoras.

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Carlos Scheel Monterrey Institute of Technology Monterrey
Daniel D. Bretones Université Centre Val de Loire
Abstract
Several well-recognized cities in the world have leaped to outstanding levels of economicand social development leveraged by specific breakthrough drivers. For the region ofPoitou-Charentes in France, the presence of the Futuroscope Amusement Park in the cityof Poitiers has become a significant tourist attraction that now produces a dilemma. Is thisinfrastructure sufficient for assembling the “Grand Poitiers Technopole” as a successfulhigh-technology cluster? To reach the conditions to assemble this high-tech cluster, theregion must have the potential to articulate, manage and govern aggressive innovationstrategies. Following the results of a study of several innovative cities around the globe, basic enablingmechanisms were found that have broken with the conventional growth paradigms withatypical breakthrough innovations, and have now achieved world-class disrupting performances,a global branding and status as successful poles of technological innovation. Theresults obtained show the features of the existing technopole as the ones to enhance inorder to have a world-class positioning for the region.
Author Biographies

Carlos Scheel, Monterrey Institute of Technology Monterrey

Professor, Egade Business School, Monterrey Institute of Technology Monterrey, Mexico.

Daniel D. Bretones, Université Centre Val de Loire

Université Centre Val de Loire / Escem, France.
How to Cite
Scheel, C., & Bretones, D. D. (2012). The Impact of Technology-based Clusters on Regional Development: The Case of the Grand Poitiers Futuroscope Technopole. Revista Universidad Y Empresa, 13(20), 11–43. Retrieved from https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/empresa/article/view/1866
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