Infrastructure systems form the backbone of every society, providing essential services that
include energy, water, waste management, transport and telecommunications. Infrastructure …

The modern growth literature pays much attention to innovation and knowledge as drivers of
endogenous developments in a competitive open economic system. This paper reviews …

The vibrancy of regional economies and the degree of entrepreneurial activity is certainly
affected by the anatomy of local social capital. Current research has not yet developed an …

This study aims to test the impact of organizational structure on the innovation capability and
operational performance of manufacturing firms considering innovation capability as a …

Spatial spillover effects are widely studied in the literature, as an important source of
externality and therefore of discrepancy between private and social optimum, creating the …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between organizational
structure and performance, especially through organizational learning and innovation …

The economic growth literature suggests that knowledge spillovers are subject to distance
decay effects. In this paper the main aim is to provide a theoretical framework and empirical …

The performance of new ventures is strongly impacted by something much larger than the
business itself: the surrounding ecosystem. In this network of actors, the role of the state has …

Because firms today operate in increasingly turbulent and complex environments, they need
to be more proactive and innovative. Networks are gaining in importance, especially for …

Geography of innovation, creative clustering, urban buzz and innovation districts are place-
based concepts that have emerged as a result of the US economy's transformation to …