MOC Student Projects on Country & Cluster Competitiveness

Argentina

• Argentina Soy Cluster (2016)

Armenia

• Armenia IT Services Cluster (2006)

Australia

• Australia Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Cluster (2016)
• South Australia Wine Cluster (2010)
• Australia Renewable Energy (2008)

Belgium

• Belgium Chocolate Cluster (2016)
• Wallonia Aeronautic Cluster (2013)
• Belgium Pharmaceuticals (2011)

Botswana

• The Botswana Textiles Cluster (2007)

Brazil

• Brazilian Petrochemical Cluster (2017)
• Sao Paulo Plastics (2013)
• Leather Footwear in Brazil (2012)
• Brazil Aviation (2011)
• Bio-ethanol Cluster in Brazil (2009)
• Brazil Biotech Cluster: Minas Gerais (2009)
• The Poultry Cluster in Brazil (2006)

Bulgaria

• Bulgaria's Apparel Cluster (2007)

Canada

• Alberta Energy Cluster (2010)
• Ontario Financial Services (2008)

China

• Transportation and Logistics Cluster in Northeast China (2017)
• Wind Turbine Cluster in Inner Mongolia (2009)
• The Chinese Apparel Cluster in Guangdong (2006)

Colombia

• Bogota Software Cluster (2013)
• The Sugar Cane Cluster in Colombia (2007)
• Colombia Shrimp Aquaculture (2008)

Costa Rica

• Costa Rica Data Centers (2016)
• Costa Rica Medical Tourism (2016)

Croatia

• Ship & Boatbuilding in Croatia (2009)

Denmark

• The Danish Wind Cluster (2017)
• The Danish Design Cluster (2007)

Dominican Republic

• The Dominican Republic Tourism Cluster (2012)
• Tourism in the Dominican Republic (2007)

Egypt

• The Textile Cluster in Egypt (2012)
• The Offshoring Cluster in Egypt (2009)

France

• France's Competitiveness in AI (2017)
• Toulouse Aerospace Cluster (2013)
• France Wine Cluster (2013)

Germany

• Baden-Wuerttemberg Automobile Cluster (2015)
• Germany Wind Power Cluster (2010)
• Germany’s Photovoltaic Cluster (2009)
• Hamburg Aviation Cluster (2009)
• Biotechnology and Life Sciences in Munich (2007)

Ghana

• Ghana Cocoa Sector (2017)

Greece

• Greece Shipping Cluster (2010)

Guatemala

• The Fresh Produce Cluster in Guatemala (2009)

Honduras

• The Apparel Cluster in Honduras (2007)

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Financial Services (2008)

Iceland

• Iceland Financial Services (2008)

India

• The Antiretroviral Drug Cluster in India (2017)
• Andhra Pradesh Pharmaceutical Cluster (2013)
• Tamil Nadu (India) Automotive Cluster (2012)
• Tirupur (India) Knitwear (2011)
• India (Maharashtra) Automotive Cluster (2010)
• Maharashtra Biopharmaceutical Cluster (2009)
• Bangalore Biotechnology (2008)
• Gujarat Diamonds (2008)
• Bollywood — Maharashtra and India’s Film Cluster (2008)
• Karnataka Offshore IT and Business Process Outsourcing Services Cluster (2006)

Indonesia

• Bali Tourism Cluster (2013)

Ireland

• Ireland Financial Services Cluster (2017)
• Ireland Internet Cluster (2013)
• Ireland ICT Cluster (2010)
• The Dublin International Financial Services Cluster (2006)

Israel

• Israel Aerospace Cluster (2015)
• Jerusalem Tourism Cluster (2013)
• Israeli Biotechnology Cluster (2006)

Italy

• Italy Tourism (2011)
• The Italian Sports Car Cluster (2006)

Japan

• Japan Automobile Cluster (2016)
• Japan Skin Care Cluster (2013)
• The Japanese Gaming Cluster (2012)
• Japan Flat Panel Displays (2011)
• The Video Games Cluster in Japan (2009)

Jordan

• Jordan Tourism Cluster (2009)

Kazakhstan

• Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Cluster (2010)
• Kazakhstan Energy Cluster (2007)

Kenya

• Kenya ITC Services Cluster (2016)
• Kenya Tourism Cluster (2016)
• Kenya Business Process Offshoring (2011)
• Kenya Tea (2009)
• Kenya Coffee (2008)
• Kenya's Cut-Flower Cluster (2007)

Korea

• Korea Showbiz Cluster (2013)
• Korea Shipbuilding Cluster (2010)
• Korea Online Game Cluster (2006)

Kyrgyzstan

• Textile and Apparel Cluster in Kyrgyzstan (2012)

Macedonia

• The Macedonian Wine Cluster (2006)

Madagascar

• The Shrimp Cluster in Madagascar (2006)

Malaysia

• Malaysia Semiconductor Cluster (2015)
• Malaysia Palm Oil (2011)
• Malaysia Financial Services (2008)

Mexico

• Queretaro Aerospace Cluster (2015)
• Mexico Central Region Automotive Cluster (2013)
• Mexico Chocolate Cluster (2010)
• Electronics Cluster in Guadalajara Mexico (2009)
• Baja California Sur Tourism (2008)

Monaco

• Monaco Tourism (2011)

Mongolia

• Mongolia Mining Services Cluster (2010)

Morocco

• Morocco Automotive Cluster (2015)
• Morocco Aeronautics Cluster (2013)
• Morocco Tourism (2008)

Nepal

• Nepal Tourism Cluster (2015)
• Nepal Tourism (2011)

Netherlands

• Netherlands Medical Devices Cluster (2013)
• Netherlands Dairy (2011)

New Zealand

• New Zealand's Marine Cluster (2009)

Nicaragua

• The Nicaraguan Coffee Cluster (2006)

Nigeria

• Lagos ICT Services Cluster (2017)
• Nollywood— The Nigerian Film Industry (2008)
• Nigeria Financial Services (2008)

Norway

• Norway’s Fish and Fish Products Cluster (2017)
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• Textiles Cluster in Pakistan (2007)

Peru

• Lima Financial Services Cluster (2016)
• Asparagus Cluster in Peru (2012)
• Peru Tourism Cluster (2010)

Philippines

• The Philippines Electronics Components Manufacturing (2017)
• Medical Tourism in the Philippines (2008)
• The Philippines Contact Center Cluster (2007)

Portugal

• The Tourism Cluster in Lisbon (2017)
• The Automotive Cluster in Portugal (2007)

Romania

• Romania Apparel Cluster (2010)

Russia

• The Moscow Financial Services Cluster (2012)
• Moscow Transportation (2006)

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Arabia Chemicals Cluster (2016)

Singapore

• Singapore Higher Education (2016)

Slovakia

• Slovakia Automobile Cluster (2016)

South Africa

• The Johannesburg Software Cluster (2017)
  
• South Africa Iron Ore Cluster (2013)
• South Africa Automotive Cluster (2012)
• The South African Wine Cluster (2009)
• Textiles & Apparel Cluster in South Africa (2009)
• The South African Wine Cluster (2006)

Spain

• Andalucia (Spain) Tourism (2011)
• Apparel Cluster in Galicia Spain (2009)
• The Spanish Wind Power Cluster (2007)

Switzerland

• Banking in Switzerland (2017)
• Switzerland Private Banking Cluster (2010)
• Switzerland Watchmaking (2010)

Taiwan

• Taiwan: Semiconductor Cluster (2007)

Tanzania

• Tanzania Horticulture Cluster (2010)
• Tanzania’s Tourism Cluster (2006)

Thailand

• Thailand Automotive (2011)
• Thailand Automotive Cluster (2007)
• Thailand Medical Tourism Cluster (2006)

Trinidad & Tobago

• Tourism in Trinidad and Tobago (2006)

Tunisia

• Tourism Cluster in Tunisia (2012)
• Tunisian Tourism Cluster (2008)

Turkey

• Turkey Textiles and Apparel Cluster (2012)
• Turkey Automotive (2011)
• Turkey & The Construction Services Cluster (2007)

Uganda

• Uganda Fishing Cluster (2010)

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai Logistics Cluster (2015)
• Abu Dhabi (UAE) Petrochemical Cluster (2012)
• Dubai (UAE) Tourism (2011)
• The Transport and Logistics Cluster in UAE (2007)
• Dubai Financial Services Cluster (2006)

United Kingdom

• The Future of the UK Midlands Automotive Cluster (2017)
• London FinTech Cluster (2016)
• IT Hardware Cluster in Cambridge, UK (2012)
• UK Competitiveness and the International Financial Services Cluster in London  (2007)

United States

• Massachusetts Clean Energy Cluster (2017)
• Ohio Automotive Cluster (2017)
• Chicago Biotech Cluster (2016)
• San Diego Craft Beer Cluster (2016)
• Kentucky Bourbon Cluster (2015)
• New York City Apparel Cluster (2015)
• Pennsylvania Natural Gas Cluster (2013)
• New York Motion Picture Cluster (2013)
• Massachusetts Robotics Cluster (2012)
• Miami, Florida Marine Transportation Cluster (2012)
• South Carolina Automotive Sector (2012)
• Tennessee Music Cluster (2012)
• California Solar Energy (2011)
• Silicon Valley (California) Internet-Based Services (2011)
• Minnesota Medical Devices (2011)
• Massachusetts Higher Education and Knowledge Cluster (2010)
• The North Carolina Furniture Cluster (2009)
• Automotive Cluster in Michigan USA (2009)
• Washington D.C. Information Technology and Services Cluster (2008)
• The Chicago Processed Food Cluster (2006)
• The Los Angeles Motion Picture Industry Cluster (2006)

Aerospace Vehicles & Defense

• Israel Aerospace Cluster (2015)
• Queretaro Aerospace Cluster (2015)
• Toulouse Aerospace Cluster (2013)
• Wallonia Aeronautic Cluster (2013)
• Morocco Aeronautics Cluster (2013)
• Brazil Aviation (2011)
• Hamburg Aviation Cluster (2009)

Agricultural Products

• Ghana Cocoa Sector (2017)
• Argentina Soy Cluster (2016)
• San Diego Craft Beer Cluster (2016)
• Kentucky Bourbon Cluster (2015)
• France Wine Cluster (2013)
• Asparagus in Peru (2012)
• Malaysia Palm Oil (2011)
• South Australia Wine Cluster (2010)
• Tanzania Horticulture Cluster (2010)
• The South African Wine Cluster (2009)
• The Fresh Produce Cluster in Guatemala (2009)
• The Sugar Cane Cluster in Colombia (2007)
• Kenya's Cut-Flower Cluster (2007)
• The Poultry Cluster in Brazil (2006)
• The Macedonian Wine Cluster (2006)
• The South African Wine Cluster (2006)

Apparel

• New York City Apparel Cluster (2015)
• Textile and Apparel Cluster in Kyrgyzstan (2012)
• Textiles and Apparel Cluster in Turkey (2012)
• Tirupur (India) Knitwear (2011)
• Romania Apparel Cluster (2010)
• Apparel Cluster in Galicia Spain (2009)
• Textiles & Apparel Cluster in South Africa (2009)
• Bulgaria's Apparel Cluster  (2007)
• The Apparel Cluster in Honduras (2007)
• The Chinese Apparel Cluster in Guangdong (2006)

Automotive

• The Future of the UK Midlands Automotive Cluster (2017)
• Ohio Automotive Cluster (2017)
• Japan Automobile Cluster (2016)
• Slovakia Automobile Cluster (2016)
• Baden-Wuerttemberg Automobile Cluster (2015)
• Morocco Automotive Cluster (2015)
• Mexico Central Region Automotive Cluster (2013)
• South African Automotive Cluster (2012)
• South Carolina (USA) Automotive Cluster (2012)
• Tamil Nadu (India) Automotive Cluster (2012)
• Thailand Automotive (2011)
• Turkey Automotive (2011)
• India (Maharashtra) Automotive Cluster (2010)
• Automotive Cluster in Michigan USA (2009)
• The Automotive Cluster in Portugal (2007)
• Thailand Automotive Cluster (2007)
• The Italian Sports Car Cluster (2006)

Biopharmaceuticals

• The Antiretroviral Drug Cluster in India (2017)
• Chicago Biotech Cluster (2016)
• Andhra Pradesh Pharmaceutical Cluster (2013)
• Japan Skin Care Cluster (2013)
• Belgium Pharmaceuticals (2011)
• Maharashtra Biopharmaceutical Cluster (2009)
• Bangalore (India) Biotechnology (2008)
• Biotechnology and Life Sciences in Munich (2007)
• Israeli Biotechnology Cluster (2006)

Business Services

• Silicon Valley (California) Internet-Based Services (2011)
• Kenya Business Process Offshoring (2011)
• The Offshoring Cluster in Egypt (2009)
• The Danish Design Cluster (2007)
• The Philippines Contact Center Cluster (2007)
• Armenia IT Services Cluster (2006)
• Karnataka (India) Offshore IT and Business Process Outsourcing Services Cluster (2006)

Construction Services

• Turkey & The Construction Services Cluster (2007)

Education & Knowledge Creation

• Singapore Higher Education (2016)
• Massachusetts Higher Education and Knowledge Cluster (2010)

Entertainment

• New York Motion Picture Cluster (2013)
• Korea Showbiz Cluster (2013)
• Tennessee Music Cluster (2012)
• Bollywood — Maharashtra and India’s Film Cluster (2008)
• Nollywood The Nigerian Film Industry (2008)
• Korea Online Game Cluster (2006)
• The Los Angeles Motion Picture Industry Cluster (2006)

Financial Services

• Banking in Switzerland (2017)
• Kenya ITC Services Cluster (2016)
• Lima Financial Services Cluster (2016)
• London FinTech Cluster (2016)
• The Moscow (Russia) Financial Services Cluster (2012)
• Switzerland Private Banking Cluster (2010)
• Malaysia Financial Services (2008)
• Nigeria Financial Services (2008)
• Ontario (Canada) Financial Services (2008)
• Hong Kong Financial Services (2008)
• Iceland Financial Services (2008)
• UK Competitiveness and the International Financial Services Cluster in London (2007)
• Dubai Financial Services Cluster (2006)
• The Dublin International Financial Services Cluster (2006)

Fishing & Fishing Products

• Norway’s Fish and Fish Products Cluster (2017)
• Uganda Fishing Cluster (2010)
• Colombia Shrimp Aquaculture (2008)
• The Shrimp Cluster in Madagascar (2006)

Footwear

• Leather Footwear in Brazil (2012)

Furniture

• The North Carolina Furniture Cluster (2009)

Health Services

• Costa Rica Medical Tourism (2016)
• Medical Tourism in the Philippines (2008)
• Thailand Medical Tourism Cluster (2006)

Hospitality & Tourism

• The Tourism Cluster in Lisbon (2017)
• Kenya Tourism Cluster (2016)
• Nepal Tourism Cluster (2015)
• Jerusalem Tourism Cluster (2013)
• Bali Tourism Cluster (2013)
• Tourism Cluster in Tunisia (2012)
• The Dominican Republic Tourism Cluster (2012)
• Italy Tourism (2011)
• Monaco Tourism (2011)
• Nepal Tourism (2011)
• Andalucia (Spain) Tourism (2011)
• Dubai (UAE) Tourism (2011)
• Peru Tourism Cluster (2010)
• Jordan Tourism Cluster (2009)
• Tunisian Tourism Cluster (2008)
• Baja California Sur (Mexico) Tourism (2008)
• Morocco Tourism (2008)
• Tourism in the Dominican Republic (2007)
• Tanzania’s Tourism Cluster (2006)
• Tourism in Trinidad and Tobago (2006)

Information Technology

• France's Competitiveness in AI (2017)
• The Johannesburg Software Cluster (2017)
• Lagos ICT Services Cluster (2017)
• The Philippines Electronics Components Manufacturing (2017)
• Costa Rica Data Centers (2016)
• Malaysia Semiconductor Cluster (2015)
• Ireland Internet Cluster (2013)
• Bogota Software Cluster (2013)
• The Japanese Gaming Cluster (2012)
• IT Hardware Cluster in Cambridge, UK (2012)
• Massachusetts Robotics Cluster (2012)
• Japan Flat Panel Displays (2011)
• Ireland ICT Cluster (2010)
• Electronics Cluster in Guadalajara Mexico (2009)
• The Video Games Cluster in Japan (2009)
• Washington D.C. Information Technology and Services Cluster (2008)
• Taiwan: Semiconductor Cluster (2007)

Jewelry & Precious Metals

• Gujarat (India) Diamonds (2008)

Marine Equipment

• Korea Shipbuilding Cluster (2010)
• New Zealand's Marine Cluster (2009)
• Ship & Boatbuilding in Croatia (2009)

Medical Devices

• Netherlands Medical Devices Cluster (2013)
• Minnesota Medical Devices (2011)

Metal Manufacturing

• Switzerland Watchmaking (2010)

Metal Mining

• South Africa Iron Ore Cluster (2013)
• Mongolia Mining Services Cluster (2010)

Oil & Gas Products & Services

• Brazilian Petrochemical Cluster (2017)
• Australia Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Cluster (2016)
• Saudi Arabia Chemicals Cluster (2016)
• Pennsylvania Natural Gas Cluster (2013)
• Abu Dhabi (UAE) Petrochemical Cluster (2012)
• Norway Oil and Gas Cluster (2012)
• Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Cluster (2010)
• Kazakhstan Energy Cluster (2007)

Processed Food

• Belgium Chocolate Cluster (2016)
• Netherlands Dairy (2011)
• Mexico Chocolate Cluster (2010)
• Kenya Tea (2009)
• Kenya Coffee (2008)
• The Chicago Processed Food Cluster (2006)
• The Nicaraguan Coffee Cluster (2006)

Plastics

• Sao Paulo Plastics (2013)

Power Generation & Transmission

• The Danish Wind Cluster (2017)
• Massachusetts Clean Energy Cluster (2017)
• California Solar Energy (2011)
• Alberta Energy Cluster (2010)
• Germany Wind Power Cluster (2010)
• Germany’s Photovoltaic Cluster (2009)
• Wind Turbine Cluster in Inner Mongolia (2009)
• Bio-ethanol Cluster in Brazil (2009)
• Australia Renewable Energy (2008)
• The Spanish Wind Power Cluster (2007)

Textiles

• Textile and Apparel Cluster in Kyrgyzstan (2012)
• Textiles and Apparel Cluster in Turkey (2012)
• The Textile Cluster in Egypt (2012)
• Textiles & Apparel Cluster in South Africa (2009)
• The Botswana Textiles Cluster (2007)
• Textiles Cluster in Pakistan (2007)

Transportation & Logistics

• Transportation and Logistics Cluster in Northeast China (2017)
• Dubai Logistics Cluster (2015)
• The Miami Florida Marine Transportation Cluster (2012)
• Greece Shipping Cluster (2010)
• The Transport and Logistics Cluster in the United Arab Emirates (2007)
• Moscow Transportation (2006)