David Adkins presented a framework for measuring sustainable development in maritime clusters beyond traditional economic indicators like GDP. The framework examines the relationships between cluster governance, social capital, and sustainable development. It consists of tools to evaluate social capital, cluster governance, and measures of environmental, social and economic sustainability. The tools are intended to help clusters learn about their strategic and operational impact rather than comparatively benchmark clusters. Limitations include making assumptions about firm engagement with sustainability.

1. Titel presentatie
[Naam, organisatienaam]
Working Day - Track: Academic Track
Cluster Evaluation
David Adkins
Beyond GDP: A framework for
Measuring Sustainable
Development in Maritime Clusters

2. Beyond GDP: A Framework for Measuring
Sustainable Development in Maritime Clusters
David Adkins

3. Examining the Relationship
Social
Capital
Sustainable
Development
Cluster
Governance
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4. Theoretical background
 The literature suggests links:
 between corporate governance and firm
performance
 between cluster governance and cluster output
(De Propris & Wei, 2007; Parrilli & Sachetti,
2008; Berthinier-Poncet, 2014)
 between social capital and sustainability
practices (Rydin & Holman, 2004; Tsai, 2008;
Thuy et al, 2011)
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5. Cluster Evaluation Tool
 Beyond GDP and innovation output
 Not intended to be comparative, but a tool
for learning
 Strategic and operational impact
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6. Social Capital Evaluation
 Based on the work done by the TCI
Cluster Evaluation Working Group
 Measuring:
 Perceived value of collaborative strength
 Collaborative dynamics
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7. Cluster Governance
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 Cluster
management
facilitates:
 Knowledge sharing
 Communities
 Collaboration
 Internal/external
support
 Regional identity
 Conflict resolutionBased on Berthinier-Poncet (2014)

8. Measuring Sustainable Development
 What to measure?
 How to measure?
 UN Indicators of Sustainable Development
 OECD Green Growth & Sustainable
Development
 Global Reporting Initiative
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Measures of Sustainable Development
Based on Bocken et al
(2014) and Kuznetsov
et al (2015)

10. Limitations
 Assumption that firms are both interested
in and engaged with sustainable
development practices
 Engaged with the cluster – rather than
being a member ‘because we should be’
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11. References
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Kuznetsov, A., Dinwoodie, J., Gibbs, D., Sansom, M. and Knowles, H. (2015)
‘Towards a sustainability management system for smaller ports’, Marine
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Parrilli, M. D. and Sacchetti, S. (2008) ‘Linking learning with governance in
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