Acknowledgements The authors would like to acknowledge Karen Southwick for her contribution to the first edition of this book. We have retained several of the case-studies she compiled, while many others have been updated, in line with the innovations in this field of research. We thank Manuela Colombini for permitting us to use the conceptual framework she developed for her doctoral research. ...

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Corresponding Author: Manar Abu Talib Department of Computer Science, University of Sharjah, P.O.Box 27272, Sharjah, UAE Email: [email protected] Abstract: Researchers, practitioners and social scientists all agree on the enormous importance of social science research in advancing human knowledge and informing public policy makers. The National Research Foundation, along with other organ...

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*Department of management science, Management science and engineering, Guizhou University of finance and economics, China, Huaxi university town, Huaxi District, Guiyang City([email protected]) Abstract In this paper, we used the related theory about complex network and probability to analyze the characteristics of network structure of the strategic emerging industry cluster and the dynamic...