Research and innovation-intensive clusters

Since the end of the 20th century and particularly nowadays the concept of a cluster a geographical agglomeration of interconnected companies in specific and/or related segments has attracted the attention of governments and scholars as a solution to issues relating to the competitiveness of nations in factors such as economic generation which has had a strong impact on employment opportunities especially in developing countries such as Brazil largely due to the competitive success achieved by these local productive arrangements in the global market.