Knowledge is considered to be an economic driver in today's economy. It has become a
commodity, a resource that can be packed and transferred. The objective of this paper is to …

The recent skyrocketing costs of innovation have become a severe limiting factor for
companies' internal development of innovation. Open innovation comes as a sounding …

This paper elaborates on the types of knowledge sources, actors and geographical space
that are involved in innovation processes among small entrepreneurial firms located in two …

In order to cope with the rapidly changing technological environment, several companies
have established the so-called Technology Intelligence (TI) Systems. The goal is to collect …

While a strong research base on cluster assets exists, evidence on other factors such as
capabilities, ie a local culture or networks, is anecdotal and dispersed across research …

Research and Technology Organisations (RTOs) have developed in many European
countries at both national and regional levels to assist in the support of local industry, often …

Technological listening posts as a means of technological knowledge sourcing were
observed to be a widespread empirical phenomenon in centres of technological excellence …

The importance of technology intelligence is widely accepted in theory and practice. In the
past, however, many technology intelligence approaches in firms failed. This contribution …

Academic literature has often emphasized how firms in regional clusters exploit both place-
specific local resources and external, world-class knowledge to strengthen their …