Networks, Knowledge and Innovation : An International Comparative Study

An innovation network can be understood as a heterogeneous interorganisational model, whose stakeholders interact through a series of actions of a collective nature based on innovation. From this perspective, and following a review of the literature, this paper aims to determine the factors related to international interorganisational knowledge networks that contribute to the achievement of innovation. In order to test our theoretical arguments, the empirical work has focused on organisations in the agricultural sector in Brazil and Spain. In terms of the methodological aspects, the research is qualitative in nature and has used Crisp-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA)