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Stuart Rosenfeld, Bringing business clusters into the mainstream of economic development. European Planning Studies, vol 5, 1, 1997. pp. 3-22. [ADOBE * PDF 461K]
Web site: Connecticut Flexible Manufacturing Networks Center.
Mission: A Connecticut State University (Central Connecticut University) based program dedicated to building the Connecticut economy by providing competitive advantages to industry through networking.Web site: USNet information on EBC Industries, Inc. (review first table)
Additional Resources
Web site: USNet: A Consortium Promoting Competitiveness Through Interfirm Collaboration
Richard Hatch, The Power of Manufacturing Networks, TransAtlantic Perspectives, Number 22, Winter 1991. See also: The Network Brokers Handbook: An Entrepreneural Guide to Cooperative Strategies for Manufacturing Competitiveness, NIST GCG 94-663. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD: 1994.
Philip Shapira, Collaborative Business Exchange and Technology Fusion: The Japanese Approach, Firm Connections, pp.10-12, September/October, 1994.
Dan Broun, The Connecticut Product Development Corporation: Opening the Door to Collaboration. Regional Technology Strategies, 1997. [ADOBE *PDF]
Papers on Interfirm Collaboration and Industrial Networking from the USNet evaluation and other studies