The nature, frequency and outcomes of inter-firm networks in high-tech clusters form a key
element in the debate about the link between innovation, firm competitiveness and regional …

Industrial clusters, a form of industrial organization where firms are spatially co-located and
operate in the same or interconnected industries, are known globally for the power of their …

Over recent years, the topic of innovation has received growing attention from urban and
regional analysts. Much of the recent growth in interest in this issue has arisen in part out of …

A substantial body of literature has highlighted the role of clusters in fostering innovation and
economic growth (Maskell and Malmberg 1999; Simmie 2003). As a result of globalisation …

The growing literature on both clusters and regional innovation systems highlights the
relevance of networks of interrelated firms as key factors in the ability to produce innovative …

1. Introduction High technology clusters research has been on the spotlight for more than a
decade and considerable knowledge has been accumulated on the structure and behaviour …

The goal of our research is to determine how the formation and growth of clusters contribute
to economic development and long–run prosperity within a set of regions across Canada …

The co-location and networking of firms and institutions, also known as clustering, positively
influences the innovativeness of firms. The cluster literature provides a single-sided …

It has frequently been stated that innovation nowadays is a highly interdependent process
where firms rely on distributed knowledge sources at various spatial scales (Bunnel and …

This paper assesses the effects of network involvement on firm-level innovation. Results
from a structural network analysis of firms in a regional photonics cluster in Germany …