In this article we discuss the nature and productivity of informal innovation networks, i.e. informal collaborative … arrangements between organizations engaged in product or process innovation. Such networks can be used in any phase of the … innovation process, but their informal nature makes them especially suited for its fuzzy front end. We explore their potential in …

study shows that these social networks are an essential driver of knowledge integration and innovation. …

complements to, and not substitutes for, the original product. We discuss the implications on firm strategy for innovation …

Innovation is an increasingly relevant concept for the success of any organization, but it also represents a set of … internal and external considerations, barriers and challenges to overcome. Along the concept of innovation, new paradigms … emerge such as open innovation and co-creation that are simultaneously innovation modifiers and intensifiers in organizations …

The existence of a fundamental relationship between invention, innovation, and economic growth, as insisted upon by … and its shortcomings, focusing on implications for innovation policy of the emergence of the globally networked enterprise …

Innovation inside companies is difficult to see. But an emerging online community of inventors who publicly post 3D CAD … drawings of their work provide a way to observe – and perhaps amplify – innovation. In this paper we analyze the network … that analysis of remix network structure may provide ways of tracing innovation processes and detecting the emergence of …

The paper deals with the significant impact of location on innovation activity that has been found in many empirical … of these issues the concept of a regional innovation system is presented in some detail and an overview of results from … recent research on regional innovation systems is given. The paper then discusses basic policy options and names a number of …