(learning) arising from relations and governance of relational risk, which includes risk of lock-in and risk of spillover … performance and evolution of clusters.It develops three types of embedding: institutional embedding, structural embedding (network ….A basic proposition is that innovative clusters face the challenge of combining exploration and exploitation.Hypotheses are …

cognitive distance. Hence the importance of networks for innovation.On the governance side, the paper gives a review of … density and strength of ties in innovation networks, concerning both competence and governance. …This paper gives a survey of insights into inter-firm alliances and networks for innovation, from a constructivist …

Taking into account both competence and governance issues, and six dimensions of tie strength, this article argues that … in networks for exploration there are good reasons, counter to the thesis of the 'strength of weak ties', for a dense … structure of ties that are strong in most dimensions.By contrast, in exploitation networks there are good reasons for structures …

and strength of ties in innovation networks.We study both exploration and exploitation networks in the Dutch multimedia …

This paper inquires how the concept of the "learning economy" can be applied to the requirements of developing … countries. The main purpose is to develop an analytical framework to better understand how learning and capability formation can … conditions developing countries can use this set of generic technologies to improve their learning capabilities. We argue that …

international production networks established by foreign electronics companies. A novel contribution of this paper is its focus on …

parts, I trace the development of Japanese production networks in Asia through three different periods. Each of these … to very different incarnations of Japanese production networks. Part I deals with the period of domestic market … momentum especially after 1986. I show that Japanese production networks have started out with a loose, locally embedded …

This article connects theory of learning with theory of governance, in the context of inter-firm relations … relational risk are identified: hold-up and spillover risk.For the governance of relations, i.e. the control of relational risk …

. Basically we assume that some cumulative firms adopt an internal learning by searching strategy, while noncumulative firms adopt … an external learning strategy aiming at absorbing external sources of knowledge. The results show that the co …