Title: Governance in clusters: a systematic literature review

Authors: Paulo Vanderlei Cassanego Junior; Carolina Freddo Fleck; Marcia Vanessah Pacheco Abbondanza; Paola Rosano Rodrigues

Addresses: Campus Santana do Livramento, Universidade Federal do Pampa Rua Barão do Triunfo, 1048 Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul 97573634, Brazil ' Campus Santana do Livramento, Universidade Federal do Pampa Rua Barão do Triunfo, 1048 Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul 97573634, Brazil ' Campus Santana do Livramento, Universidade Federal do Pampa Rua Barão do Triunfo, 1048 Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul 97573634, Brazil ' Campus Santana do Livramento, Universidade Federal do Pampa Rua Barão do Triunfo, 1048 Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul 97573634, Brazil

Abstract: The study's objective is to analyse the state-of-the-art research on governance in clusters. Studies in 'business, management, and accounting' of the Scopus and Web of Science databases were mapped and analysed. The analyses arranged in this work were conducted through the three bibliometrics laws: Lotka's, Bradford's and Zipf's. The descriptive character analysis of the textual Corpus of the research revealed a total of 91 articles. Iramuteq and VOSviewer software were used. Concerning this research, it was verified that 14 authors formed the elite of the textual Corpus. Regarding the reputation of journals, the first zone includes nine journals that would be the most productive. It was possible to verify that most periodicals were distributed in four countries: the UK, the USA, the Netherlands, and Canada. Regarding the term cluster governance, it was found to be linked to the term industrial cluster.

Keywords: cluster; governance; RSL.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2026.152082

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2026 Vol.39 No.2, pp.200 - 224

Received: 03 Sep 2021
Accepted: 23 Oct 2022
Published online: 06 Mar 2026 *

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