The Study of Industrial Clusters Performance in Islamic Republic of Iran (The Case Study of Yazd Textile Industrial Cluster)

Today, since industrial clusters affect the organizational competitiveness both national and international levels and introduces a new perspective towards the location of business establishment, most countries use industrial cluster development strategy. Industrial clusters have been also considered in Iran and the industries adapted to and coordinated with the mentioned approach have tried to locate their business at the better conditions of competition and market gain within the country, region and throughout the world. In this article, at first industrial cluster, its advantages and disadvantages have been defined, and then, the history of industry and industrial cluster of Yazd province and Yazd Textile Cluster performance examination tools and at the end, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats Yazd Textile Cluster have been investigated.

Textile industrial cluster, strength, weaknesses, opportunities & threats (SWOT), YAZD