This report presents the results of research conducted as part of the project “Clusters as platforms for business-research (B2R)/research-business (R2B) relations” under Visegrad Grant No. 22030333. The aim of this report is to identify models, motives, forms and benefits of collaboration between business and research sectors facilitated by cluster organizations in
Visegrad Group countries. The research methods used included literature review, in-depth interviews with cluster organizations’ managers, a survey of research organizations engaged in collaboration under clusters, and interviews with representatives of the research organizations to expand on the information collected in the survey.

The report was written as a result of the project Clusters as platforms for business-research (B2R)/research-business (R2B) relations co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund.