Although the literature converges regarding the reasons why and how networks of technology alliances are formed, there …

. This cluster’s experience is investigated on how its thickly homophilous networks have steered it from dominance to decline … network analysis of the Saliyars community cluster — in comparison with the networks of the communities in a cluster of a …

this follow up paper, we see how the homophilous-embeddedness in the Saliyars' networks and an extreme sense of community … community social capital and rigidities associated with inherited networks set in, hindering knowledge diffusion and …

Learning through networks has been considered as an important research topic for several years now. Technological …

cluster. It examines how differently those firms are embedded in networks and how heterogeneous they are in absorptive … other producers are the major channels through which knowledge flows into the cluster. These business networks are mainly …

, including the formation of trade networks, and the role of business associations. We found a significant level of collaboration …-illiterates who came from trading backgrounds into manufacturing. Networks such as Industry associations are playing vital roles as … play a prominent role at Nnewi while social networks and non-family ties are more important in the Lagos clusters. This …