speed of accumulation of the acquired scientific knowledge regarding absorptive capacity. To contribute to narrowing this …

The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the sources of entrepreneurship and its … consequences with regard to economic performance. This paper extends this theory and links it to innovation performance. We propose … that a high rate of entrepreneurship facilitates the process of turning knowledge into innovative products while it has no …

innovation. It employs an analysis of three types of embedding: institutional embedding, which is often localized, structural …. It employs results from earlier research in organizational learning and innovation, and in the management of inter …

for a higher novelty value of a partner’s knowledge, and the disadvantage of less mutual understanding. If the value of …

contribute to an organization’s innovation. …

This article studies density and strength of ties in innovation networks. It combines issues of ‘competence’ with …

innovation and the central role of knowledge in the discovery and realisation of innovations. Social networks and its potential …Social networks matter in the innovation processes of young and small firms, since ‘innovation does not exist in a … vacuum (Van De Ven, 1986: 601).’ The contacts a firm has could both generate advantages for further innovation and growth …