Study of the efficiency of the production cluster

The purpose of this article is to review the main factors of competitiveness and justify the benefits of the cluster for each company. The author proves that clusters as a new form of organization of production in the global economy is concentrated by geography group of related companies that are competitors, but are working together. In order to disclose the nature of microeconomic efficiency of the cluster in the article used a diamond competitiveness M. Porter, describing the supply as a set of key factors - these include skilled labor, infrastructure, capital and non-key - raw materials and unskilled labor. The author examined the specificity of the interaction of each of the elements of the cluster. In this connection the author considers it appropriate to consider the four fundamental forces of the market to justify the effectiveness of the cluster compared to individual firms. This effect of clustering is an important competitive advantage and gaining more and more valuable in a knowledge economy. The results allowed to conclude that the purchase of goods and services through the cluster is the most convenient and profitable for the buyer, which is clearly evidenced by the history of cluster success. Thus, a cluster is a successful market mechanism.