innovation networks in the Eindhoven region in the Netherlands. Previous research showed that these networks contribute to … regional economic development. This paper explores the mechanism through which this happens. Temporary innovation networks may …

In this paper, we aim at re-assessing the undisputed positive relationship between innovation and economic growth by … questioning the view that R&D (and formal knowledge in general) equates innovation and innovation equates regional growth. We … several knowledge and innovation indicators, ranging from R&D expenditures, patent data, to newly released data on different …

innovation efficiency process. The influence of the potential and realized absorptive capacity on new products is significant and … interesting to extend the research to another innovation metrics as new organizational methods, new processes, new designs or new … decision for the firm's innovation. Companies must be conscious that while suppliers and customers' cooperation are relevant …

Innovation performance seems to rely on efficiently integrating and extending different pieces of various types of … sources of knowledge (ISK) as innovation performance drivers. Thus, context-led views such as the innovative milieux approach …, innovation systems literature and the knowledge spillover view have tended to focus on diverse, informal and location …