Cooperation, Clusters, and Knowledge Transfer : Universities and Firms Towards Regional Competitiveness

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Cooperation, Clusters, and Knowledge Transfer; Universities and Firms Towards Regional Competitiveness; Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Editorial Review Board; Introduction; Overview of Book Contents; References; Part I: Inter-Firm Cooperation and (Regional) Clusters; Chapter 1: The Start-Up Location Decision and Regional Determinants; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature; 2.1 Infrastructure and Industry Externalities; 2.2 Entrepreneurial Capital; 2.3 Human Capital; 2.4 Knowledge Spillovers; 3 Methods; 4 Results; 5 Discussion; 5.1 Economy-Wide Entrepreneurship (Table1.2)

5.2 HT Entrepreneurship (Table1.3)6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: The Role of Science and Technology Parks in the Generation of Firm Level Social Capital Through University-Firm Relations:An Empirical Study in Spain; 1 Introduction; 2 Social Capital Generation in University-Firm Relations; 2.1 Definition, Sources, Dimensions, and Effects of Interorganizational Social Capital; 2.1.1 Definition; 2.1.2 Sources; 2.1.3 Dimensions; 2.1.4 Effects on Performance; 3 Theoretical Model and Hypothesis Proposed; 3.1 Theoretical Model; 3.2 Hypothesis Proposed; 3.2.1 New Products Development

3.2.2 Technological Distinctiveness3.2.3 Knowledge Acquisition; 3.2.4 Firm Reputation; 4 Methods and Results; 4.1 Sample; 4.2 Operationalization of Variables; 4.3 Statistical Method; 4.4 Assessment of the Measured Model (First Order Variables); 4.5 Assessment of the Measured Model (Second-Order Variables); 4.6 Structural Model: Hypothesis Testing; 5 Conclusions, Limitations, and Lines of Future Research; References; Chapter 3: Knowledge Transfer in or Through Clusters: Outline of a Situated Approach; 1 Introduction; 2 Towards a Situated Approach; 2.1 Challenges in Clusters

2.2 Traditional Approaches and Limitation3 Knowledge Transfer Through a Situated Approach; 3.1 Research Objects in a Situated Approach; 3.2 Research Tools in a Situated Approach; 3.2.1 Conceptual Framework; The Structuration Theory in Context; The Structuration Process; Overlapping Structures in Clusters; Power in the Structuration Process; 3.2.2 Methods; 3.3 Stakeholders of a Situated Approach; 4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: How Does a Researcher Become an Entrepreneur in the High-Tech Industrial Cluster? A Case Study; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature Review

2.1 High-Tech Industrial Cluster and the Entrepreneurship2.2 The Entrepreneurship Process; 3 Research Methodology; 3.1 Sample Selection; 3.2 Data Collection; 4 Data Analysis and Discussion; 4.1 The Background Information of the Case; 4.1.1 Institution Base: The City of Leuven; 4.1.2 K.U. Leuven; 4.1.3 IMEC; 4.1.4 K.U. Leuven Research and Development; 4.2 High-Tech Entrepreneurial Process in Leuven; 4.2.1 Opportunity Recognition of Ties with Research Institutes; 4.2.2 Resource Building and Support of Institutional Network; 4.2.3 Innovative Development; 5 Research Findings

6 Conclusion and Future Research

10.1007/978-3-642-33194-7 [DOI]

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