knowledge and facilitate innovation. The paper draws on the notion of network resources, distinguishing two types: social … important source of innovation. Overall, firms investing more in the development of their inter-firm and other external … knowledge networks enjoy higher levels of innovation. It is suggested that an over-reliance on social capital forms of network …

utilisable in the pursuit of economic growth. Although there have been numerous studies assessing the economic and innovation … and innovation, but often these universities underperform in comparison with counterpart institutions in more competitive …

innovation and growth achieved by these SMEs. It is found that SMEs tend to utilise and value more knowledge networks with actors … innovation systems approach, focusing equally on the regional and more global dimensions of knowledge networks. It is concluded …