Our main objective with this paper is to propose a scoreboard useful to assess clusters' competitiveness in a knowledge-based economy. Our scoreboard is grounded on the concept of ecology of value. This concept highlights that the competitiveness of a network of small and medium enterprises...

The main objective of this paper is twofold. The first is to develop a conceptualization of intergeneration business transfer as potential source of innovation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The second is to deepen such an understanding through an exploratory analysis on a sample...

This article deepens the theoretical understanding of learning processes in industrial districts (IDs) by analysing the emergent and deliberate structures that favour knowledge transfer at the local and distance level. An analytical framework illustrates district-learning dynamics through two...