innovation, when innovating agents have different costs and information transfer is expensive. We specify their optimisation …. The effect of expected innovation costs and its standard deviation are shown to be distribution dependent. Expected … transfer costs are shown to have an unambiguous dampening effect on the amount of centre switching. Network size sensitivity is …

population of firms (potential innovators) and consumers interacting in a space defined as a social network. Consumers are … Schumpeter’s definition): from interaction between consumers and firms innovation emerges as a relational good. …

the role of promoting regional development. This text aims to highlight the network relations of a peripheral university …

of innovation-knowledge economy and the growing literature on network theory will be discussed. Firstly, the concepts of … development focus on geographic proximity as a pioneering factor of innovation. However, “new” theories highlight the increased … industrial zones, innovative environment, clusters, regional innovation systems and learning regions which can be defined as …

processes of learning and knowledge accumulation and the related innovation performance. Finally, we present the main …

forces of change, such as innovation, corporate strategies, industrial relocation, and policy. As distinct branches of the … pulp and paper industry passed from the early nascent phase to full maturity, the sources of innovation, nature of …