Purpose: Prior research has reported the indirect implications of firm's dynamic capabilities on their competitive firm performance. Our attention now turns to open innovation since it has been confirmed to be an influential factor contributing to the superior performance of technological...

High-technology starters do not operate in a vacuum and innovation is not a solitary activity. The activities of technology-based firms are embedded in socio-economic networks with other companies, investors, universities, vocational institutions, etc. The geographical proximity of those...

One of the pioneers in academic entrepreneurship and high-tech clustering is MIT and the Route 128/Boston region. Silicon Valley centered around Stanford University was originally a fast follower and only later emerged as a scientific and industrial hotspot. Several technology and innovation...

Hardly any emission data regarding Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF) and other unintentionally produced POPs are available for brick-production plants in developing countries, mainly due to the lack of infrastructure for sampling flue gasses. In addition, the...