Innovation and its uptake are two key ingredients in the Australian wine industry’s rapid rise from cottage industry … adoption of both product and process innovation. This leadership continues to underpin its competitive advantage in oenological … access to the industry’s dominant knowledge cluster by the myriad regional firms. The intensity of this cluster and …

handling the innovation procedure differs widely between networks. The formal social networks aim at building personal … relationships among members and transfer industry-relevant knowledge to the forum. The formal networks designed with an objective of … supporting innovation fund in many cases R&D work, support interdisciplinary collaboration, and provide activities that drive …