(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 …

innovation production level, such as the Competitiveness Clusters. The aim of this paper is to provide a case study that …Since 2004, investigations and debates have been carried out on the French research and innovation system. Policy … innovation policies. The new Law for research aims at reforming the organisation of the research and innovation system, mostly by …

notions of « industrial district » or « clusters ». Encouraged by more recent works of Porter (1998), national volontaries … foundations of the performance of the clusters and conditions of their implementation. Thus, after a literature review where we … put in obviousness elements fastened to the industrial district performance and clusters (and more largely to phenomenon …

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 …

knowledge is learned, shared and used determines organizational innovation and effectiveness. In my dissertation, I build on …-relevant and important employee behaviors underlying innovation. I leverage methodological diversity to test the hypotheses in …