Executive Overview Companies have increasingly shifted from innovation initiatives that are
centered on internal resources to those that are centered on external networks (said another …

Innovation networks can often be viewed as loosely coupled systems of autonomous firms.
We propose that hub firms orchestrate network activities to ensure the creation and …

Research on innovation networks has highlighted the pivotal role that actors with more
prominence and power, such as hub firms, may play in orchestrating the activities of other …

This article investigates the role of networks in new product development by reporting on a
contemporary case study of a firm in the defence electronics sector. A specific focus is the …

This paper develops and empirically investigates the notion of network configuration for
innovation. In many industries, firms are increasingly locked into a state of network …

This conceptual paper organizes and advances existing knowledge on the management
practices of inter-organizational innovation networks by developing an orchestration profile …

All the talk about" open innovation" and externally-focused innovation assumes that" one
size fits all" in terms of what network-centric innovation is and how companies should …

In this paper, we examine the managing of the full innovation process, from visioning to
commercialization, in extensive networks. By drawing on the IMP, strategic network, and …

In today's dynamic, complex and interconnected environments, interfirm networks in its
various forms (eg franchising, retail and service chains, cooperatives, financial networks …

The goal of this article is to assess the state of scholarly research on the role of networks in
the innovation process. It begins with a review of the factors that have triggered the …