nineteenth century, most notably in geographically localized industrial districts. This collective system of innovation was …, however, have seen the decline of stand-alone, internal corporate labs and the resurgence of collective efforts by networks of … inventors, distributed across organizations and spanning distant locations. We draw on literatures in economics, innovation …

In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the … underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from …

of innovation and technological change. This tradition focused on the innovation production function however it was … spatial dimension. Location and geographic space have become key factors in explaining the determinants of innovation and …

future choices. These considerations motivate a rich research programme on how social networks shape individual and … collective learning. The present paper provides a summary of this research. …

modern clusters was created by the authors, their comparative characteristic is presented. The revealed advantages and …

This paper explores the links between open innovation and the emergence of a phoenix industry - the low carbon vehicles … innovation" approaches in driving the sector, for example noting that smaller firms can sometimes innovate more quickly …