Internationalisation activities of the cluster organisations: Factors which influence them

Pavelková, Drahomíra; Bednář, Pavel; Bialic-Davendra, Magdalena Lucyna; Knápková, Adriana

dc.title	Internationalisation activities of the cluster organisations: Factors which influence them	en
dc.contributor.author	Pavelková, Drahomíra
dc.contributor.author	Bednář, Pavel
dc.contributor.author	Bialic-Davendra, Magdalena Lucyna
dc.contributor.author	Knápková, Adriana
dc.relation.ispartof	Transformations in Business and Economics
dc.identifier.issn	1648-4460 Scopus Sources, Sherpa/RoMEO, JCR
dc.date.issued	2015
utb.relation.volume	14
utb.relation.issue	3C
dc.citation.spage	316
dc.citation.epage	332
dc.type	article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Vilnius University
dc.relation.uri	http://www.transformations.knf.vu.lt/36c/article/inte
dc.subject	Cluster	en
dc.subject	Cluster management	en
dc.subject	Cluster organisation	en
dc.subject	Internationalisation activities	en
dc.subject	Public support	en
dc.description.abstract	Clusters' internationalization is essential to their activity or even their very existence. The level of those activities then has a decisive influence on the competitiveness of clusters' companies, and it is a showcase of cluster organization managers' ability to coordinate and administer those activities. The aim of this paper is to propose and implement a tool for evaluating the level of internationalization activities of cluster organizations and assess the influence of the individual factors such as structural, personal and strategic characteristics of the cluster organizations on the level of their internationalization activities. The evaluation and identification of the factors follows from the study of secondary literature and primary data collected during the survey of cluster organizations in the Czech Republic. From the managerial point of view, the proposed tool for evaluating the level of internationalization activities and identified significant factors influencing this level may be applied as a means for management and measuring the performance of cluster organizations and efficient use of public support. © Vilnius University, 2002-2015 © Brno University of Technology, 2002-2015 © University of Latvia, 2002-2015.	en
utb.faculty	Faculty of Management and Economics
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10563/1006301
utb.identifier.rivid	RIV/70883521:28120/15:43874054!RIV16-MSM-28120___
utb.identifier.obdid	43874563
utb.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-84962257087
utb.identifier.wok	000370913800002
utb.source	j-scopus
dc.date.accessioned	2016-06-22T12:14:42Z
dc.date.available	2016-06-22T12:14:42Z
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Pavelková, Drahomíra
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Bednář, Pavel
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Bialic-Davendra, Magdalena Lucyna
utb.contributor.internalauthor	Knápková, Adriana
utb.fulltext.affiliation	1 Drahomira Pavelkova Faculty of Management and Economics Tomas Bata University in Zlin Mostni 5139 760 01 Zlin the Czech Republic Tel.: +420 606 777 233 E-mail: pavelkova@fame.utb.cz 2 Pavel Bednar Faculty of Management and Economics Tomas Bata University in Zlin Mostni 5139 760 01 Zlin the Czech Republic Tel.: +420 723 701 050 E-mail: bednar@fame.utb.cz 3 Magdalena Bialic-Davendra Faculty of Management and Economics Tomas Bata University in Zlin Mostni 5139 760 01 Zlin the Czech Republic Tel.: +420 776 608 996 E-mail: bialic@fame.utb.cz 4 Adriana Knapkova Faculty of Management and Economics Tomas Bata University in Zlin Mostni 5139 760 01 Zlin the Czech Republic Tel.: +420 739 329 960 E-mail: knapkova@fame.utb.cz
utb.fulltext.dates	Received: October, 2015 1st Revision: October, 2015 2nd Revision: November, 2015 Accepted: December, 2015
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utb.fulltext.sponsorship	The authors are thankful to the Operational Programme Education for Competitiveness co-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and national budget of the Czech Republic, the grant No. CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0147 - “Human Resources Development in the field of Measurement and Management of Companies, Clusters and Regions Performance”, which provided financial support for this research.