Innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability are important driving principles behind expansion of each cluster. Growth of industries depends largely on their ability to create new products and processes, start-up new businesses or methods of distribution, and offer items and solutions that are environmentally friendly in design and implementation.

Working definitions of innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability are below:

• Innovation: The design and refinement of products, services, and processes. The act of starting something for the first time. Involves taking new ideas and turning them into reality through invention, research, and new product development.
• Entrepreneurship: The practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations, particularly new businesses in response to identified opportunities.
• Sustainability: The characteristic of being able to coexist with another system indefinitely, without either system being damaged. The use of ecosystems and their resources in a manner that satisfies current needs without compromising the needs or options of future generations.