Zdrojový dokument:Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice. Series D, Faculty of Economics and Administration. 42/2018
ISSN:1211-555X (Print)
Abstrakt:
Small and medium-sized enterprises are exposed to many risks which could
threat their existence. One of possible way, how to reduce these risk is clustering. The
cluster initiative represents a set of activities aimed at improving the economic level and
competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises. Besides of it, cluster initiative
helps organizations which interested in cooperation obtain the necessary information.
The main goal of the article is identification and analysis of structure of clusters
operating in Slovakia and creating the current list of clusters. Further, the article aims
at closer examination of the clustering of transport companies in the cluster and other
forms of cooperation in Slovakia. On the base of the fact that here does not exist an
accurate list of clusters in the Slovak Republic, we decided to create it. We faced many
problems which are described in the article. In spite that the list of clusters has certain
restrictions we can state that it provides a general overview about the forms of
cooperation in Slovakia. We discussed and depicted the structure of clusters according
to different criteria in the third part of article. Particularly we focused on forms of
cooperation between small and medium-sized transport enterprises.