Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop the case for studying non-interaction in networks, particularly instances of intentional avoidance of interaction. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the analysis of instances of interaction avoidance across four case studies...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a longitudinal case study of a regional innovation policy initiative, in which ideas with regard to how innovation might be facilitated were changing over time. Through the scrutiny of insights in industrial network studies (IMP), the authors seek...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the knowledge generation in a cross‐disciplinary group in Norway that developed a new medical device. The aim is to shed light on how knowledge was generated and how the relationships between different communities of practice were mediated....

Purpose – Current research focuses on the interaction between innovation and strategy process, but less is known about how identity influences innovation and the formation of strategy. The purpose of this paper is therefore to investigate the relationship between organizational identities and...