& Barbara Scozzi -- Knowledge creation and innovation in medium technology clusters / Riccardo Cappelin -- Invention, innovation … innovation / Alina Lidén -- Innovation, productivity and export : evidence from Italy / Roberto Antonietti and Giulio Cainelli … -- Profiting from the breakthrough : technology commercialisation in the global age / Samantha Sharpe -- Innovation and regional …

order to promote learning, innovation, productivity and economic performance at the local level? Such questions are high on …

Based on an original research program, this book empirically appraises the dissemination of knowledge relevant to the …

The shift towards more open and interconnected innovation activities has been a major topic of recent academic and … universities, to increase the effectiveness of their innovation activities. Hence, management needs to define search strategies for … valuable knowledge in its environment. In this paper we argue that search strategies have to reflect the heterogeneity of …

Firms compete increasingly in an open innovation environment. Search strategies for external knowledge become therefore … firms pursue external knowledge source. A consensus exists that resource constrains force firms to balance both dimensions … are built through internal or external R&D activities) and the munificence of its innovation environment. We test these …