توضیحات :
Abstract: The purpose of the present study is investigating the relationship between the performance of industrial
clusters and renovation of small industries in East Azerbaijan, Iran. In this study, the relationship between the
performance of the industrial clusters and its dimensions including the supporting institutions, communicative
sectors and production-business sectors has been investigated using the renovation indices of small industries. The
participants of the study include all 243 industrial and production units in auto-parts manufacturing cluster of the
province. Due to the limited number of subjects, census-taking was used. The data collection instrument for the
study was questionnaire. The validity of questionnaire was confirmed through face value of content and its
reliability was confirmed using Cronbach’s Alpha, with 0.838 for the questions on industrial clusters’ performance
and 0.726 for the questions on small industries development. To test the research hypotheses, Pearson and Friedman
tests were used. The results indicate that there is a relationship between the performance of industrial clusters and its
dimensions, with renovation of small industries in the province.
