This work deals with the determinants of cooperative invention and innovation within innovation systems. Several proximity dimensions are used to identify the levels on which systemic innovation activities can be observed. To disentangle the effects of different proximity dimensions a procedure...

Interaction between firms or institutions in a regionally bounded area leads to a substructure conductive for innovative activities. In a vital Regional Innovation System (RIS) the actors benefit from a multilayer network consisting of business relations, innovative cooperations and daily...

Earlier studies have shown that entrepreneurs play a key role in shaping regional development. Innovator networks where these entrepreneurs are members of have been identified as one among many critical factors for their firms' success. This paper intents to go one step further and analyses in...