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The aim of the publication is to compare two clusters from different parts of Europe, detailing the stages of its development and make recommendations for the future development of the two. The methodology proposes using the case study examples of two clusters from Poland and Spain, both linked to the food area. The hypotheses are: The Ecological Food Valley cluster is not as developed as agribusiness cluster of Murcia (Agrofood); The Ecological Food Valley cluster is at the beginning of its development. While Agrofood is
characterised by the large number of firms, a complementary industry, universities and research centres, the Ecological Food Valley cluster is at an initial development stage and still has not sufficient economic resources to be maintained with full autonomy, and to become competitive. The main recommendation is that the evolution of Agrofood illustrates the stages that the Ecological Food Valley cluster could go through in its own evolution. Nevertheless, it will be necessary to consider the contingent effects caused by the socioeconomic, political or
climatic conditions of the Polish region. Because Agrofood is in a more advanced development stage can prove to be an opportunity for knowledge transfer through collaboration between the clusters of both regions.
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