Practical Exercises
Worksheet 2 – UK Tech Clusters mini-project
Objectives: The objective of this practical exercise is to explore the ecology of a technology
cluster areas such as described around the country in the Tech Nation reports.
| Task | You will work in small teams to do a desk study investigation into different aspects of the ecology and drivers in order to contrast two UK technology cluster from an informational economy perspective. What are the relative merits in attracting digi |
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| tech | entrepreneurs | and | companies? | What | are | their | respective | dynamics, |
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opportunities and constraints? Some reading resources are available on Moodle,
others you will need to search for.
Your team should be ready of Friday afternoon to give a 15 minute presentation
on your findings.
Output to portfolio: Your one-page summary of the UK Technology Clusters mini-project
you participated in. This is not a series of PowerPoint slides – it should be a one-page
summary essay in your own words.
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