Identification of the cluster on the basis of the ICT industry

The aim of the conducted empirical analysis was to identify the cluster, which was implemented on the basis of two organizations operating in the ICT industry. The observed low activity of clusters in the socio-economic space, with the exception of projects co-financed from public funds, was the main incentive to conduct the study. The implementation of the assumed objective was reduced to seeking an answer to the question to what extent the national networks meet the cluster identification criteria. The objects analyzed were highly effective in creating a network of connections, new organizational entities as well as personal involvement in the functioning of many entities. The positive quantitative image of both networks, however, did not coincide with the positive functional verification based on the catalogue of features required for the cluster. In addition to formal doubts regarding referring to the established networks of organizational links as clusters, there appear natural doubts about the effectiveness of these entities in the context of theoretical assumptions, and finally the legitimacy of financing such initiatives from public funds.