We apply a network perspective and study the emergence of core-periphery (CP) structures in innovation networks to shed … some light on the relationship between isolation and innovation. It has been frequently argued that a firm’s location in a …. However, the importance of peripheral positions for innovation processes is still a widely neglected issue in literature …

and development (R&D) - their innovation goals in the medium term. However, the shortage of skilled workers turns out to … be a hindering factor in the innovation process . By contrast, most ICT companies have not been sufficiently suc …-cessful at winning other firms to build R&D co-operations to overcome hurdles to innovation. …