Summary: | Background. The goal of this study is to systematize the factors of economic
clustering in terms of the cluster life cycle. Materials and methods. To solve the tasks set,
the following methods were used: analysis, comparison, description, grouping, deduction,
content-analysis of literature. Results. The main directions of research in the field of economic
clustering are considered. Analyzed studies relating to the factors of clustering of
economic entities. The factors specific to a certain stage of cluster life cycle are highlighted
and systematized. A classification of factors in terms of adjustability is proposed (conditionally
unregulated, conditionally regulated, regulated and entrepreneurial culture).
Conclusions. The results obtained have both theoretical, expressed by the systematization
of certain provisions of the cluster concept, and practical significance, which consists in the
possibility of using the results to develop point mechanisms for influencing the clustering
processes of economic agents.
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