The Study of Industrial Clusters Performance in Islamic Republic of Iran (The Case Study of Yazd Basic Metal Clusters)

All countries hope to achieve increasingly developments which grow fast. Nowadays many developed countries are using strategy of industrial clusters because Industrial clusters influence competition through increasing of productivity and introduce a new perspective toward the location of business establishment. 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 basic metal clusters performance examination tools and at the end, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats Yazd basic metal clusters have been investigated.

industrial clusters, Yazd basic metal cluster, strength, weaknesses, opportunities & threats (SWOT), YAZD