Aproaches towards cluster analysis

Abstract

Th e purpose of this study is to review cluster research and the methodology used to achieve the target. Specifi cally, this research explores the methods that are used in research papers aiming at cluster study. Bibliometrical analysis is used depending on an original database, created by the authors, selected after close review. 33 research papers were taken into consideration, published from 1999 to 2014 in international scientifi c journals. Th e fi ndings indicate that case study is used in many articles refering to cluster research. Other methods, such as analysis, interview, survey, research, equation and others are used to support case study. By analyzing the specifi c methods used in cluster research it is aimed at giving clarity to further research on the concept of cluster. It is well known that rather few research papers were analysed from the methodological point of view. However, this research requires a further analysis with a wider scope of scientifi c literature and works related to clusters.

Supply chain management in SMEs – Polish and Romanian approach

“…The studies of Thakkar et al (2008); Thakkar et al (2011); Ehrenberger et al (2015); Tvaronavičienė (2015), Kot (2018); Oláh et al (2017); Nze, I., & Onyemechi, C. (2018); Onwuegbuchunam, D., Okeke, K., Igboanusi, C., & Ugboma, O. (2018) connect with this subject and note that some SMEs see the benefits of supply chain management activities such as collaboration leading to a focus on activities bringing value, more transparent development of strategy and cooperation of supply chain members in the area of improving competitiveness.…”

Renevable Energy and Economic Development in the European Union

“…Culsters are created on the basis of the distance matrix in relation to the criterion of connection for the clusters in a group [41][42][45][46]. Analysis of variance is used in Ward's method for estimating the distance between clusters.…”

Recurrent Property Taxes in Communal Budgets – Identification of Types of Communes and their Spatial Differentiation

“…Objects are moved from one cluster to another until the configuration of clusters which meets the preset optimization criterion (usually, it is the minimization of the so-called clustering squared errors) is obtained. The optimization algorithm is completed when the expected number of iterations has been reached or if no objects have been moved between clusters in a given phase (MACQUEEN 1967;ALDENDERFER, BLASHFIELD 1984;EVERITT et al 2011;PANEK, ZWIERZCHOWSKI 2013;JAWORSKA, MODRANKA 2014;TVARONAVICIENE et al, 2015;REIFF et al, 2016).…”