The dynamism of local and regional economic vocation based on the cluster structure has been widely recognized as an acceleration factor having a major impact on the economic development process in Rio de Janeiro State. The interest in this industrial configuration, especially among small enterprises, has been increasing sharply and has become one of the leading topics of research among public and private institutions. Such a configuration involves small enterprises that are geographically concentrated around economic activities and emerged from the vertical disintegration process that occurred after the Second World War to become a powerful tool applied to local development, contributing in part to employment and quality of life. The goal of this study was to measure the contribution of industrial clusters to local development in Rio de Janeiro State.
Industrial clusters; Local development; Industrial organization
