We analyze 51 medium-sized manufacturing industry companies identified by Ali-Yrkkö and Rouvinen in their earlier research in 2015. Currently, out of these 51 companies with a staff of 250–499 employees in 2013, none are using digital platforms for business network management. It is typical...

Cooperation can benefit and hurt firms at the same time. An important question then is: when is it better to cooperate. And how can an appropriate partner be selected? In this paper we present a model of inter-firm cooperation driven by cognitive distance, appropriability conditions and external...

This study is concerned with the factors that influence the cooperation among cluster-based firms. Theorists have consistently demonstrated the role and importance of economic externalities, such as knowledge spillovers, within industrial clusters. Less attention has been paid to the...

Electronic linkages between organisations enabled by interorganisational information systems (IOS) such as Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Internet- based applications or cargo community systems are becoming increasingly important. Recently, many studies have examined the impact of electronic...

Information and knowledge are important prerequisites for innovation activity in firms. One important means of acquiring coplementary knowledge are innovation networks. Depending on their absortive capacity and knowledge base, firms develop different abilities to access and utilise external...

Gerade kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen bietet überbetriebliche Zusammenarbeit in Produktionskooperationen oder Produktionsnetzwerken Chancen, um auch zukünftig am Markt erfolgreich zu sein. In den Kernbereichen des Verarbeitenden Gewerbes arbeitet immerhin die Hälfte der Betriebe bereits in...

Die verstärkte Nutzung regionaler Potenziale soll gerade im Zeitalter der Globalisierung insbesondere kleine und mittlerer Unternehmen in die Lage versetzen, im Wettbewerb zu bestehen. Doch obwohl viele politische Initiativen darauf abzielen, regionale zu initiieren, kooperiert momentan...

The literature on Innovation Systems is divided into several directories. Dif- ferences occur through the definition of the system's borders. This paper intro- duces a methodology how to differentiate between regional and technological effects of cooperative innovation activities and analyzes...

Angesichts des schnellen technologischen Wandels und der Globalisierung der Wirtschaft gewinnt die Kooperation für Unternehmen an Bedeutung. Das gilt vor allem in forschungsintensiven Branchen, so auch in der modernen Biotechnologie. In diesem neuen Wirtschaftszweig ist die Kooperationsneigung...