perspective of both competence (learning) and the governance of relational risk, which includes risks of dependence and spillover …. It employs results from earlier research in organizational learning and innovation, and in the management of inter …This chapter offers a theory and method for the analysis of the dynamics, i.e. the development, of clusters for …

This article studies density and strength of ties in innovation networks. It combines issues of ‘competence’ with … issues of ‘governance’. It argues that in networks for exploration there are good reasons, counter to the thesis of the â … reasons for structures that are non-dense, with ties that are strong in other dimensions than in networks for exploration …

industrial hotspot. Several technology and innovation waves, have shaped Silicon Valley over all the years. The initial regional … learning by doing, failing and recombining (i.e. allowing new firms to rise from the ashes of failed enterprises) is one of the …

High-technology starters do not operate in a vacuum and innovation is not a solitary activity. The activities of … technology-based firms are embedded in socio-economic networks with other companies, investors, universities, vocational … the location of ICT firms decision. Furthermore, many high-tech companies shape clusters around areas where their major …

rationality, the efficiency of outcomes, trust, innovation, learning and the nature of knowledge. The competence view yields an … alternative perspective on the purpose and boundaries of the firm. However, the competence view cannot ignore issues of governance … contribute to the development of theory and empirical research that connects governance and competence perspectives. …

Large-scale strategic change projects in companies may be supported by using alliance networks. This paper shows that …

approach in the research fields of innovation studies and economic geography. Secondly, to propose a broadened interpretation …, regions and time periods and for analytically integrating the cognitive, organizational and spatial dimensions of innovation … and learning. Thirdly, to provide methodological suggestions for how to apply such broadened interpretation of the …

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