Open Innovation describes an emergent model of innovation in which firms draw on
research and development that may lie outside their own boundaries. In some cases, such …

Industrial districts and regional clusters depend on the networks that arise from reciprocal
linkages among co-located organizations, while physical proximity among firms can alter the …

We study the emergence of organizational forms, focusing on two mechanisms—
reconfiguration and transposition—that distinguish the founding models of the first 26 …

A crucial goal of Open Innovation is to capture external knowledge that flows between
organizations, allowing firms to be more successful at innovation than firms that close off …

Much of the social science literature on institutions resembles a play that begins with the
second act, taking both plot and narrative as an accomplished fact. very little research asks …

In this paper, we explore the processes and mechanisms of reputation-building by new
ventures (NVs), using a grounded theory-building approach from case studies. Based on …

262 INSTITUTIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS OF HIGH-TECH REGIONS clusters. But what types
of network relations are most critical? Do informal personal ties and occupational relations …

We examine the origins, acceptance, and spread of academic entrepreneurship in the
biomedical field at Stanford, a university that championed efforts at translating basic science …

--Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy's epigrammatic comparison of families is not as far removed from
research on innovative, high-technology clusters as one might expect. We contend that …

Hiring employees with advanced education, training, and experience has been a prevalent
human resource practice in dynamic science-based industries, and a growing body of …