Collaboration, among people, firms and in cross-sectoral partnerships, is at the heart of what is typically understood as the knowledge economy. And, innovation engages two very prominent but distinctive and potentially competitive collaborative models. The first model is that represented by...

Introduction -- Firm strategies : resources, context and territory -- Labor markets and the regional project -- The evolution of the optics and imaging industry -- Runaway production : media concentration and the evolution of spatial competition -- The paradox of innovation : why regional...

Christopherson S., Clark J. (2007) Power in firm networks: what it means for regional innovation systems, Regional Studies 41, 1223-1236. The role of power within regional firm networks is noted in empirical studies but insufficiently theorized. It is suggested that network functioning is...