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The purpose of this study, which is based on the two examples of typical Innovative Clusters in Korea, the Innovative Cluster in Gumi and the Changwon National Industrial Complexes, is to compare and to contrast the construction levels and the impacts on the structure with each other. The main three results of this study are:First, the construction levels of both innovative clusters are quite good in agglomeration economies, labor market, network, and embeddness. While the one in Changwon gets best evaluations for agglomeration economies, labor market, network, and collective learning, there is no difference in regard to embeddness and governance. Second, in regard to achievement of innovation, the innovative cluster in Changwon shows a higher achievement than the one in Gumi. There is no difference in establishing corporations and enhancing the openness and innovation, which are the most important factors for achievement, but it differs in the ability of technical development and taking advantage of new chances.Third, according to the analysis of impacts on the structure, six components in Gumi work properly, but in Changwon, only five components (all components except for labor market) work well. Moreover, the pattern of impacts on the structure in Gumi displays very densely, while the one of Changwon does not. One of the reasons for these differences is the lack of linkage ability between labor market and network in Changwon. To make the situation worse, collective learning is not enough to affect the achievement of innovation. The results show that the most powerful elements for the achievement of innovation are collective learning and embeddness in Gumi, and embeddness and network in Changwon.