Advances in Information Technologies and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have changed greatly the possibilities of doing business beyond the traditional limitations space and time. ICTs are rapidly changing the way we work, buy, do business and communicate (Nadler and Tushman, 2000). In fact, in recent years has fully agreed to a post-industrial economy, rapidly moving from an economy based on manufacturing and goods, to one that assigns the maximum value to the information, services, support and distribution . This change favors, for its part, the so-called knowledge workers, a new class of highly educated people, wealth and mobility, which are considered free agents in a seller's market. Be fit, then, in a knowledge-based economy, a concept which was examined later. Faced with this reality share the idea expressed by eumed.net that companies that are part of a cluster benefit by being able to act more productively in providing inputs, having better access to information, and technology, collectively create power institutions necessary to support all undertakings of the cluster. Also part of a "cluster" in their interest in coordinating with related companies and is a mechanism to measure and motivate improvement over the other member companies of the "cluster." It is noted that there are five elements of the "cluster" that contribute to improving the productivity of member companies: Improved access to skilled labor, suppliers and related services costs for recruitment are reduced to be a "pool "of workers who serve all companies in the cluster, creating even greater stability of these workers within the cluster, which, in turn, increases the productivity of labor. .
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