Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to combine the concepts of network building (NB) and job embeddedness (JE; both on-the-job and off-the-job embeddedness (ON and OFF)) and examines how to improve sales performance (SP) by effectively stabilizing the sales force. Design/methodology/approach...

This paper examines the rapid growth of the polymer-based and biomedical clusters in Ohio and Sweden - two regions of similar size and with similar traditions undergoing similar industrial restructuring. <p>Two issues are addressed: First, why has growth been so strong in these particular clusters,...</p>

This paper critiques the critical realist conception of social relations as 'deep' structures separate from 'surface' social activities. The alternative conception offered by 'systematic dialectics' is advocated. Systematic dialectics takes a system-wide perspective on the contemporary economic...