...Hakki Ismail Bilgen; Abdulkadir Varoglu Purpose The main purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology to analyze the competitiveness based on the diamond model and constructing a composite index; the secondary aim is to apply this methodology to the national index of Turkey’s defense industry...

... in clustering is revealed in terms of its role in enabling four sources of increasing returns. The authors outline how these sources of increasing returns are related to “soft” processes of networking, interaction and individual and collective learning. Porter’s Diamond is a self-reinforcing system which can...

... at: vcg@iseg.ulisboa.pt © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Competitiveness Portugal Clusters Diamond Clusters exist in Portugal (Figure 1). In most cases, clusters are underdeveloped, especially in engineering, design, distribution, sales and marketing. The clusters...