Examining a public-private partnership through the lens of new public governance: Creation of institutional clusters in French higher education
We analyse the key factors and mechanisms controlling the creation of local clusters between public and private actors in higher education. Using the new public governance framework, we present a literature review on public-private partnerships, public policy instruments, and “coopetition”, a concept borrowed from strategic management. We show that the processes undelying ComEU UCA reflect a strategy of public-private coopetition, consistent with the new public governance framework.