and research institutes in their innovation network. Product innovation and production often take place simultaneously and … recurrently. We take the discernible production and innovation activities to occur in co-evolving layers of the same network. We … formulate a biplex value network development model that lays out the temporal pattern of production and innovation activities in …

to an organization’s innovation. …

In their seminal paper, Acs and Audretsch (1988) analyze innovation patterns across industries and identify several … innovation; industries characterized by increased shares of skilled labor and large firms provide favorable conditions for … innovation. By analyzing a new and more consciously compiled database, we re-examine their original claims. Our results largely …

confirm that designer consultants can make a substantial contribution in enhancing firms’ innovation capabilities. We show … forward by firms to manage this relationship in order to gain a competitive advantage driven by innovation. Implications …

Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at regional and national level. In the competitive environment … achieve innovations of high quality. Depending on the type of industry, the type of business, the type of innovation and the … strategic objectives that have been set, firms will regularly have to modify the way in which their R&D and innovation is …