Competitive advantage of firms has been a dynamic notion evolving with changing business
realities. Emerging technologies have entered the gamut of resources which firms need to …

Building on the chapter “Businesses and industries in sustainability transitions” in the STRN
agenda, this viewpoint calls for more attention to how economic and environmental goals …

This paper examines the microfoundations of the determinants of international
competitiveness. It does so within the broader “technology gap” perspective whereby wide …

This paper aims at investigating the role of different types of proximity on the technological
activity of a region within the context of a knowledge production function, where R&D …

Innovation research is motivated by the understanding that new technologies contribute to
address societal challenges and foster welfare. Extant research in the economics of …

Despite an extensive body of literature on the role of organizational networking in enhancing
a firm's innovativeness and competitiveness, to the best of our knowledge the multivariate …

Two main forces characterise production systems today: on the one hand, the increasingly
global nature of markets and economies has resulted in increasing competition and a new …

Smart specialization (SS) is a policy concept that has gained significant momentum in
Europe despite a frail theoretical background and implementation difficulties. These …

We develop a theoretical framework, which facilitates the investigation of spillover effects on
productive performance under the lens of path dependence, technological relatedness, and …

Research background: Discussions on the state of the economy in times of crisis focus not
only on maintaining or improving innovativeness, but also on the emergence of new …