Prepare your final report inAPA Format with the following required sections:
I. Introduction (1 page)
· This section shouldinclude the major conclusions from your analysis.
II. Your Analysis of theArticle (5-8 pages)
· Analyze thearticle by taking a point of view: do you agree with the article?
· Make note of how thearticle deals with the theories covered in BU 530: do you think it lacks soundtheoretical analysis?
· Also make note ofwhether the article needed additional facts: do you think it needs morerelevant facts? If so, then be sure to mention additional references.
· etc.
III. Conclusions (1 page)
IV. Bibliography
· Include the fullreference of your article and any other references you used for your analysis.
· Follow APA citationstyle. You can read about APA citation rules here: http://www2.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm
Format of theFinal Report:
· APA format
· 9-12 pages(including cover page and bibliography)
· Double-spaced
The article written by Jerome S. Engel and Itxaso del-Palacio "Global clusters of innovation: The case of Israel and Silicon Valley" reveals the information concerning the notion that came to our lives not long time ago - Clusters of Innovation (COI). The article dwells in-depth on the relationships between different COI and how these links may lead to the creation of Networks of Clusters of Innovation (NCOI), that do have new benefits and this consequently become a starting point of Super-Clusters of Innovation (Super COI). The case study introduced in the article illustrates the necessity to consider all COI in international context, as in globalization era valuable information of other clusters and global resources, inputs and access "can accelerate innovation and cluster development" (Engel, 2011, p.27). The Israel example described in the article picturizes in details the efficiencies that Israel COI get while maintaining connection with other COIs,
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