This article studies innovation in Canadian nanotechnology clusters and networks using data from the intersection of … the Canadian nanotechnology innovation network and describe the collaborative behaviour of the inventors. Most …). Using this selection of patents, we identify, analyze and characterize 8 Canadian nanotechnology clusters. We then construct …

needs of customers. As innovation collaboration spreads outside the reporting structures of any one organisation, its …Business competitiveness and sustainability depends on the effective management of innovation. To be effective …, innovation needs to take place within every area of an organisation and by association within organisational networks that …

This paper explores the structure of the project-based innovation networks promoted by tax incentives to innovation … innovation projects in sectors, identifying: 1) the boundaries between firms and technological partners; 2) the specialisation of … empirical analysis is based on the data of more than 10,000 innovation projects conducted between 1997 and 2003. The results …

It is argued in this paper that the nature of innovation networks can vary substantially with regard to the type of … knowledge that is critical for innovation. Subject to the knowledge base of an industry, networks between companies can differ … networks, followed by a theoretically informed discussion on differentiated knowledge bases and innovation networks, which is …

bases of organizations and knowledge phases of the innovation process are the critical factors in determining the nature of …

patent offices in Europe face due to their tremendous workload. The worst consequence of this for the innovation system – a …

underlying inventions – i.e., their ability to be transformed into something useful and thus constitute innovation. And this is …-think these approaches as ways to stimulate innovation in China. …

somewhat discourage building of quality patents and related innovation in China. …