Collaborative networks (CNs) leverage the improving sociability and usability features of
information technology to enable and enhance partnering that delivers competitive …

This study examines how contextual, structural and functioning characteristics of industrial
clusters influence their effectiveness. We develop a conceptual framework that identifies …

Although central network positions have been associated with above average performance
effects, an important void that still remains is how firms come to occupy a more central …

The rationale for this study was to understand how innovation, measured via cluster and
patent data from emerging cluster analysis, correlates to the financial performance of the …

The present thesis aims at providing guidelines for researchers and managers of R&D
cooperation networks as to maximize value creation, by taking into account partners' …