5.3. The HLTC: facing the challengesThe cluster has been delivering a range of innovativebusiness ideas, but nonetheless some problems haveoccurred in the process. When the project was launchedin January 2003, all the recruited cluster members werevery keen in benefiting from what in academic terms isdefined as ‘agglomeration effects’. They were thereforeextremely interested in offering their input. However, oncethe project went into its active phase, due to the amount ofwork and uncertainty of the results, many membersadopted a reticent approach waiting for the results rather