innovation networks in the Eindhoven region in the Netherlands. Previous research showed that these networks contribute to … regional economic development. This paper explores the mechanism through which this happens. Temporary innovation networks may …

In this paper, we aim at re-assessing the undisputed positive relationship between innovation and economic growth by … questioning the view that R&D (and formal knowledge in general) equates innovation and innovation equates regional growth. We … several knowledge and innovation indicators, ranging from R&D expenditures, patent data, to newly released data on different …

innovation efficiency process. The influence of the potential and realized absorptive capacity on new products is significant and … interesting to extend the research to another innovation metrics as new organizational methods, new processes, new designs or new … decision for the firm's innovation. Companies must be conscious that while suppliers and customers' cooperation are relevant …

Innovation performance seems to rely on efficiently integrating and extending different pieces of various types of … sources of knowledge (ISK) as innovation performance drivers. Thus, context-led views such as the innovative milieux approach …, innovation systems literature and the knowledge spillover view have tended to focus on diverse, informal and location …

regional innovation systems and international knowledge flow by using trade data on openness. The study distinguishes between …

-oriented production systems. Despite the increasing relevance of services, however, the analysis of innovation at the regional aggregate … Intensive Business Services is studied and their contribution to the regional aggregate innovation is evaluated. The aim is … that the contribution of KIBS to regional innovation is considerable. In fact accounting for the knowledge embedded in …

Purpose This paper aims to assess knowledge relatedness as a possible determinant of business innovation performance … company that the entrepreneur leaves to establish his or her own firm. Innovation performance results from the competitive … reports a positive and significant correlation between knowledge relatedness and innovation performance for a number of young …

The competitiveness of many of today's industries largely depends on the ability to innovate. Innovation is nowadays … regional knowledge links and accessibility to interregional ones. The location of a company in a "thick" Regional Innovation …