Forms of network resource: knowledge access and the role of inter‐firm networks

R Huggins - International Journal of Management Reviews, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The leveraging of inter‐firm networks is increasingly considered to be a strategic resource
that can potentially be shaped by managerial action. In recent years, scholars have turned to …

[HTML][HTML] Leveraging complexity for ecosystemic innovation

MG Russell, NV Smorodinskaya - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper looks at innovation ecosystems through the lens of complexity science,
considering them as open non-linear entities that are characterized by changing multi …

Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth: a network theory

R Huggins, P Thompson - Small business economics, 2015 - Springer
Despite the growing acknowledgement that entrepreneurship is an important driver of
regional innovation and growth, the role of the networks in these processes has been less …

Universities and open innovation: The determinants of network centrality

R Huggins, D Prokop, P Thompson - The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2020 - Springer
This paper addresses the 'network'and 'open innovation'paradigms by seeking to examine
the factors associated with structural positioning within university–industry networks …

Enterprise and public policy: a review of Labour government intervention in the United Kingdom

R Huggins, N Williams - Environment and Planning C …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the rapid growth of the small and medium-sized enterprise sector since the 1970s,
rates of entrepreneurial activity in the UK remain moderate by international standards. Since …

Economic resilience and entrepreneurship: lessons from the Sheffield City Region

N Williams, T Vorley - Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the relationship between economic resilience and entrepreneurship in
city regions. Resilience is an emerging concept which has been employed to examine …

Knowledge flow and inter-firm networks: The influence of network resources, spatial proximity and firm size

R Huggins, A Johnston - Entrepreneurship & regional development, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this paper is to analyse the characteristics and nature of the networks that
firms utilize to access knowledge and facilitate innovation. The paper draws on the notion of …

Network capital, social capital and knowledge flow: how the nature of inter-organizational networks impacts on innovation

R Huggins, A Johnston, P Thompson - Industry and innovation, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
This paper focuses on the role of inter-organizational networks as facilitators of knowledge
flow and innovation. It introduces the concepts of network capital and network space to …

A network-based view of regional growth

R Huggins, P Thompson - Journal of Economic Geography, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The need to better understand the mechanisms underlying regional growth patterns is
widely recognized. This article argues that regional growth is partly a function of the value …

The economic and innovation contribution of universities: a regional perspective

R Huggins, A Johnston - Environment and Planning C …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) have come to be regarded as key
sources of knowledge utilisable in the pursuit of economic growth. Although there have been …