- Title
- Using cluster theory as the lens through which the results of government funded online service initiatives can be examined
- Creator
- Thompson, Helen
- Date
- 2005
- Type
- Text; Conference paper
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/41086
- Identifier
- vital:1598
- Abstract
- This paper has been drawn from a larger study which encompassed two main themes – regional economic and community development and the consequences of government-funded ICT initiatives. The development action examined is the provision of government funding to support the process of planning, initiating and sustaining online service initiatives in a regional and rural context. A modified version of the Lowe (1999) cluster model is used to tie the emergent theory from a series of case studies to literature in areas including regional development, social capital, community building and community informatics. This paper explores how cluster theory can provide the lens through which the results of government and community actions can be viewed. Impacts are found to be diverse but generally included the establishment of new infrastructure and services, organisational and community learning, enhanced communications and relations, and more efficient government, community and business processes. The Lowe cluster model is shown to be appropriate for examining the impact of government interventions in a regional and rural development context. Further research is required to examine the opportunity to extend its application, for example, to the examination of other areas of community strengthening.; E1
- Publisher
- Ballarat, Australia : CRIC, University of Ballarat
- Relation
- Paper presented at the CRIC Cluster Conference 2005: Beyond clusters: current practices and future strategies, Ballarat, Australia : 30th June - 1st July, 2005
- Rights
- Copyright Unknown
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Cluster theory; Government
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