Newly established, high-technology firms are seen as essential ingredients for a city to
improve its position as a knowledge city or knowledge region (Etzkowitz and Klofsten, 2005; …

Open innovation has become a dominant innovation paradigm. However, the actual
adoption of open innovation organizational designs and practices remains elusive, and …

There is a significant body of research on knowledge creation that built on network theory.
However, few studies have focused on how networks impact the value of newly created …

This chapter deals with the question, why do some regions perform better in the global
economy than others? Given Porter's (1990) adage that not nations (or regions) compete but …

Although the importance of diverse knowledge is widely recognised for open innovation,
there may be a gap in our understanding of the social processes that shape how …

Although there has been in recent years a remarkable consensus about the notion of a
knowledge society, there still remains considerable disagreement about the details of how …

Social considerations and potential for innovation in resource and technological exploitation
processes have dominated traditional ideas of regional development. Similar to how …

It is now widely accepted that economic growth and wealth generation are dependent upon
innovation, in turn dependent in part on human capital—the knowledge embedded within …

This article seeks to add to the debate on the role of informal institutions on innovations
within firms. It argues that social capital arising from informal institutions can either help …