1. Sponsored by Organized by The New Zealand Aid AgencyThe Mekong Institute Khon Kaen in Thailand SME Cluster Development 14 – 25 May 2012 Compiled by Dr. Ed Canela

2. Session 1: Concept of SME Cluster Value Chain Concepts of SME cluster Cluster identification Cluster Diagnostic

3. What is SME Cluster? What about other names? Industrial estates | special economic zones | hubs | incubators | cluster | subcontracting schemes | consortia | networks | alliances | value chains | common service facilities | VOSP | farms | valley Basic Principles: There is strength in group! Collaboration works!

4. Value Chain Elements

5. Value Chain Maps

7. Criteria for identifying clusters What criteria should we use in identifying potential SME clusters?

8. What happens when SME clusters develop?

9. Unclustered Ceramics SMEs IDEA: Produce Ceramic car engines for air powered cars for Tata in India. 3 SME Clusters will be built in HCM, Laos, Burma This how the car and the wankel engine looks likewankel engine

10. SME Cluster EC Clustered & Unclustered Ceramics SMEs Cluster Product: Ceramic Car Engine Products and Services of the SME Cluster: Training for SME workers Marketing via EC Market Intelligence via Embassies Abroad Common Repair & Maintenance Common Customer Database Common Showroom Common Metrology Security Services Internet Backbone Common Gasoline Depot Back-Up Generator Export Facilitator Common Website/Internet Cable Technical Experts School Dormitory for Workers Global Telepresence Logistics & Transport Corridor Cluster to Buyers Cluster to SME Tenants

11. Impacts of a Tourism Cluster

12. Session 4: Cluster Competitiveness Clusters in New Zealand