Gardet, Elodie; Mothe, Caroline - In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 19 (2012) 2, pp. 263-280
hub firm size. Design/methodology/approach – Seven case studies were carried out: six innovation networks in which SMEs … play a central role are compared with a “reference” case, in which the hub firm is a large company. Findings – The authors … implemented vary depending on the hub firm's degree of dependence; trust and recourse to formal agreements differ according to hub …