This paper explores the drivers of inter-firm R&D collaborations in a particular type of innovation network, the … technological districts created in Italy under a specific public policy to promote innovation. The empirical analysis used an … important to enhance the innovation capabilities of small firms and their performance. …

part is a longitudinal study of 49 inter-organisational innovation groups in Germany. We find that the share of regional …In the literature there is a controversy about the relevance of the spatial dimension in innovation collaboration. We … innovation projects. To this end, we introduce a social-psychological approach to the field of economic geography. The empirical …

out in Germany, we come to the conclusion that for structural firm characteristics, innovation strategies, information use …Information and knowledge are important prerequisites for innovation activity in firms. One important means of … acquiring coplementary knowledge are innovation networks. Depending on their absortive capacity and knowledge base, firms …