Industrial clusters are a critical component of the competitive viability of economies around
the world. However, clusters are not static but evolve in response to technology and …

In today's de-layered, knowledge-intensive organizations, most work of importance is
heavily reliant on informal networks of employees within organizations. However, most …

An extensive body of knowledge exists on network outcomes and on how network structures
may contribute to the creation of outcomes at different levels of analysis, but less attention …

Much research in strategic entrepreneurship has focused on the consequences of network
structure for firm performance. Despite this emphasis, little is known about variation in …

The varying organizational arrangements between firms' networks' are a growing field of
study for economics and sociologists. Whether described as strategic alliances, trading …

In settings where patents and intellectual property provide a strong regime of appropriability,
the race to be the first firm to patent a product or a process is a central feature of competition …

Innovation in firms is doubly embedded: in a social network of collaborations between
researchers, and in a knowledge network composed of linkages between knowledge …

In light of the increasing importance of strategic alliances in shaping competition, this study
explored whether the social network of small firm executives can be leveraged to facilitate …

Research linking interorganizational networks to innovation has focused on spanning
structural boundaries as a means of knowledge recombination. Increasingly, firms also …

The positive effect of public research on industrial innovations is beyond controversy: public
research institutions produce knowledge that is subsequently transferred into product and …