This paper examines co-operative marketing strategies among clustered-based firms in the
most important wine producing and exporting countries in the 'new world'. The research …

Purpose Although ecosystems have been researched extensively over the past decade, we
know little about how they should be organised. Focusing on a knowledge ecosystem …

Our aim is to add to the knowledge on a network level, focusing on if, and how, interpartner
legitimacy affects the success or failure of network formation and development processes …

Purpose Universities, when collaborating with industry, are generally assumed to be the
motors for innovation. Inspired by a case on a university's collaboration with small-and …

Despite the relevance of cooperative strategies in a networked world, little attention has
been paid to the management of Small-Firm Networks (SFNs) and to the types of practices …

Limitations faced by southern Italy's small enterprises due to their dimensions may be
overcome by cooperation strategies and network contracts. The international literature has …

Innovation networks refer to a set of firms and other institutions that work together for a
common goal, which is to develop innovation. The importance of these networks in …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to model the impact of structural factors and activities
on commitment in a regional strategic network (RSN) context. Design/methodology …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze three characteristics of strategic alliances in
Italy to estimate their influence on financial performance. The authors test how alliance …

This work responds to calls to expand the study of inter-firm relationships beyond the narrow
dyadic relationship focus and sole concentration on conceptualizing collaborations as firms' …