Purpose – The European Union has an ambition to become the world’s most competitive and knowledge-based economy, which … interests are geared toward facilitating knowledge exchange between industry, university and government. In order to understand … how knowledge is created and enacted within a cluster initiative the purpose of this paper is to investigate the …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study how actors in a network for regional development perceive the network … by addressing the questions of what characterizes a network for regional development and why the actors participate in … such a network. Design/methodology/approach – The study focussed on using networking for regional development in Sweden …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how to build and maintain an active network of innovators inside … included inviting graduates of a program in innovation management to design the structure of the network. He has successfully … conducted about 30 problem-centered network sessions, based upon the process taught in the Managing Innovation program (a …

its business network. Data were gathered from multiple sources to explore and describe their sustainable business model …

were studied. The development process is more focused on how to, in an informal way, get hold of knowledge and other …, who all strive to create the knowledge that is needed in order to form new service offerings. Originality/value – The main …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how different network members utilize and use network …‐level performance measurement information. This is an important approach when discussing the management and development of a network by … collaborative network forms the case. The data of the study have been gathered from an action research process of network …

position in a network influences the depth of collaboration. Design/methodology/approach – The study utilizes a case research … as a method and analyzes a network from the Finnish food industry. The empirical data comprises 29 semi …-structured interviews conducted among the personnel of four case companies. Findings – The findings of the study suggest that the network …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role played by knowledge and experience of the entrepreneurs in … (INV) and knowledge-based view (KBV); the conceptual framework of this study develops three propositions. First, it has … entrepreneurs increases their market and technological knowledge. Finally, it has been suggested that without market and …