Typology, Identification and Diagnostics of Clusters of Firms: A New Methodological Approach

Abstract

The article presents the author's approach to typology of clusters of firms based on the categorical model "Row of informational criteria" (RIC). The sequence of informational criteria reflecting the logic of qualitative characteristics of clusters of firms is developed in the framework of the RIC categorical model. Based on the proposed approach the typology of clusters of firms, identification and primary diagnostics of Omsk agricultural cluster are implemented.