Knowledge of how customers co-create value, the way that suppliers and providers co-produce services, and how research and development centers and universities transfer technologies is becoming increasingly important to scholars' understanding of service innovation. This paper presents an...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the dynamics of contractual and relational mechanisms during different phases of multi-partner R&D alliances. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses a longitudinal single case study to gain in-depth understanding of which governance mechanisms...

Purpose: Entrepreneurship is the basis of economic development but is somehow limited by the lack of access to financing sources, especially in the crucial moments of start-up early-stage development. For crossing the so-called “valley of death,” start-ups need to access informal finance...

In some countries, photovoltaic (PV) technology is at a stage of development at which it can compete with conventional electricity sources in terms of electricity generation costs, i.e., grid parity. A case in point is Germany, where the PV market has reached a mature stage, the policy support...

This paper analyses how the internal resources of small- and medium-sized enterprises determine access (<italic>learning processes</italic>) to technology centres (TCs) or industrial research institutes (<italic>innovation infrastructure</italic>) in traditional low-tech clusters. These interactions basically represent traded...

At present, governments are embarking on the ambitious undertaking of increasing their countries׳ market share of renewable energy. Political ambitions, however, are just one of the driving forces for energy companies׳ to engage in innovative climate projects. Energy companies׳ perceptions of...

This paper will try to contribute to the understanding of public programs supporting high technology diffusion and transference. The framework utilised will combine the theory of technology and innovation diffusion and the use of value mapping methodology. The article provides empirical evidence...