The increasing turbulence of the economic environment leads to changes in the business style, and adapting to this new style requires a cluster approach. In this sense, the goal of the research relates to determining the impact of the cluster internal and external interaction on innovative...

Background: Many studies on entrepreneurship indicate an affirmative entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and small firm performance interrelationship. However, the empirical results are inconclusive, especially when firms face certain contingencies. Objectives: Strategic networking and...

Competitiveness clusters (or innovation clusters) are the focal point of French new industrial policy. They are based on classical cluster model and its well-known agglomeration positive externalities and on benefits of cooperation. After a brief literature review of cluster theory, we focus on...

This article considers the role of trust in structuring and sustaining entrepreneurial networks in Anglo-American communities. Interviews with stakeholders involved in innovation investment demonstrate how shared identity and experience serve as proxies for trust in influencing decisions, and...

This paper reports on a new initiative aimed at creating an integrated approach to encouraging the formation of a new cluster of Arts, Crafts and Technology (ACT) in London around the London Bridge area by emphasising the importance of identity and branding in urban centres. Here we present the...

The paper aims to examine the role of academic institutions in the development of the ICT cluster of the Waterloo Region in Ontario, Canada. The regional economic impact of clusters as well as academic institutions relies heavily on its ability to innovate. The ICT sector with its analytical...

Digital work settings potentially facilitate remote collaboration and thereby decrease geographic frictions in knowledge work. Here, I analyze spatial collaboration patterns of some 191 thousand software developers in the United States on the largest code repository platform GitHub. Despite...

This study investigates characteristics that affect the relationship between firms' positions in a network of collaborative ties with other firms and their performance. Firms located in similarly structured networks rich in structural holes may obtain different performance results depending on...

In this paper, we examine the relationship between structural holes in a firm's ego network and firm performance. We argue that the firms need two types of information - about new business opportunities and partner cooperativeness - to pursue, respectively, two types of self-reinforcing...

This paper takes advantage of a newly-available survey to analyze the behavior of Global Value Chains (GVCs) in the aftermath of the Great Recession. The analysis exploits a rich availability of information to design a comprehensive taxonomy of GVC participation modes and explore their impact on...