Despite the acknowledged positive effect of human capital on firm innovativeness, there have been few attempts to investigate which emotional intelligence competencies promote innovative outcomes. In human intensive industrial clusters specialized in traditional products, firm innovativeness...

Chapter 1. Current Trends in Innovation Management and the Role of Human Capital -- Chapter 2. The Intangible Human Side of Innovation: A Competency Based View -- Chapter 3. Entrepreneurs and Innovation: Mobilizing Behavioral Competencies in Different Types of Innovation Processes -- Chapter 4....

This paper tells the story of Geox, an Italian footwear manufacturer that, in less than a decade, has become one of the world's largest shoe manufacturers. Applying the related notions of complementarity and performance landscape to study strategic positioning in the footwear industry, we show...