The paper presents a conceptual framework which faces clusters, or localized networks, in
the life-science domains. Amongst the various lenses, it focuses on the relationship-if any …

The paper investigates the impact of clusters, or localized networks involving industrial,
academic and institutional players, in the life-science setting and aims to enrich the line of …

1.1 Clusters and Innovation: The Main Conceptual Traditions During the past decade or so,
the geography of economic activities and the analysis of clusters have resurged as key …

This paper focuses on innovation performance and investigates the impact of clusters, or
localized networks involving industrial, academic and institutional players, in the …

The paper analyses the impact of the “Triple Helix” on innovation by assuming a network
theory approach. The aim is to build a theoretical framework to improve the understanding of …

This paper provides a critical review of the literature on innovative clusters in biotechnology.
It examines the main contributions on this subject, trying to identify some robust stylised …

The academic interest in innovation clusters and networks has given rise to a vast stream of
works in recent years. Besides defining the notions of clusters and innovation clusters or …

This chapter explores the phenomenon of network clustering, a structural property that is
concerned with the existence of a cohesive subgroup of nodes subgroups that are densely …

The academic interest in innovation clusters and networks has given rise to a vast stream of
works in recent years. Besides defining the notions of clusters and innovation clusters or …

Based on the case of the biopharmaceutical industry, the aim of this paper is to challenge
the core conviction now widespread within the “spatial clustering theory”, which devotes a …