This paper adopts sociometric analysis to explore the process of knowledge acquisition and diffusion in clusters of firms. By comparing the knowledge systems of two clusters selected for being at different stages of their development path, this study shows that the knowledge system of the...

Innovation and Technological Catch-Up The Changing Geography of Wine Production Edited by Elisa Giuliani University of Pisa, Italy and SPRU, University of Sussex, UK Andrea Morrison Utrecht University, The Netherlands and KITeS-Bocconi University, Italy Roberta Rabellotti Universitd del...

Purpose: This paper aims to analyze the relationship between different kinds of networking and the performance of firms in industry clusters. In particular, it studies the importance of local embeddedness and external openness for product success in two wine clusters in Chile and Italy....