SELECTED ASPECTS OF CLUSTERS INITIATIVES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRY IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

In the Slovak Republic there were officially established 16 clusters in various sectors of national economy. Those are the cluster initiatives of the areas from automotive industry, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and plastics to IT technology, education and tourism. Created clusters concentrated interconnected companies and suppliers in related sectors. The paper analyzes the clusters in regions of Slovakia, where the role played mainly industrial companies. By means of Krugman index of specialization and Localization quotient is pointed out the possible creation of other cluster initiatives or expansion of existing clusters in sector of industry in different regions of Slovakia.