Podaż na Mazowszu a rozwój klastrów

The main object of this article is a description of one of the most important factors with great impact on industrial clusters in a region - some Groundings (in according to Groundings-Enterprises-Markets cluster conception). The Groundings, called by M. E. Porter "factor conditions" are the part of Porter's National Diamond - framework resulted from a study of patterns of comparative advantage among industrialized nations, used in some analyses of a national markets ability to compete in an international market. The Groundings/factor conditions are categorized in two forms: some resources in a region ("home-grown" - natural resources and highly specialized resources) as well as supported infrastructure (physical and institutional). The author focuses on Mazovia Region and analyses the Groundings in this area in the perspective of cluster development.