But if you do your research, carefully analyze the results, find strengths, identify hurdles and seize upon opportunities, building clusters will aid job creation, re-purpose idle assets, and spark business opportunities that are less susceptible to off-shoring.

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Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people) said today it will idle three auto-production plants because of its Firestone tire recall, taking 6, 000 workers off the production lines.

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