Received: 2019-05-03  |  Accepted: 2019-06-20  |  Published: 2019-09-30

Title

Performance of clusters in Morocco in the shifting economic and industrial reforms


Abstract

The emergence of cluster policy around the world is inspired by the models of the Silicon Valley. Territorial and local development productive systems depend on the new integrated management models that are clusters. Morocco has adopted economic and industrial reforms aimed at accelerating the structural transformation of its production system by strengthening its territorial development model while adopting a cluster development policy through the National Pact for Industrial Emergence, but the performance of these clusters is questionable because they are in the genesis stage and must overcome social, managerial, financial and administrative obstacles and lack of public and private sector partnerships and insufficient innovative collaborative projects. This raises the question of measuring the dynamics and performance of a clusters and the problem of evaluating the economic development of a region. In this study, we intend to conduct review of Moroccan clusters and diagnose their performance in the context economic and industrial moving.


Keywords

Moroccan industrial strategies, economic reforms and industrial development, development of clusters, performance of clusters


JEL classifications

O55


URI

http://jssidoi.org/ird/article/17


DOI


HAL


Pages

227-243


Funding

This research was supported by the projects, which have received funding from the European Union: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES, Grant Agreement Number 319017 SHuMED and ES H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014 CLUSDEVMED Grant Agreement Number 645730730

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Authors

Amraoui, Boumediene
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco http://www.usmba.ac.ma
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Ouhajjou, Abdesselam
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco http://www.usmba.ac.ma
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Monni, Salvatore
Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy http://www.uniroma3.it
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El Idrissi, Najiba El Amrani
Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco http://www.usmba.ac.ma
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Tvaronavičienė, Manuela
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Vilnius, Lithuania https://vilniustech.lt
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Journal title

Insights into Regional Development

Volume

1


Number

3


Issue date

September 2019


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

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