The aim of the analysis is to understand if the risk capital carried by Business Angels (B.A.) could affect firms with high innovation propensity in creating more innovations than receiving risk capital from other financial operators. Innovation is a critical factor for the competitiveness of...

Purpose – This papers aims to deal with enterprise networks and clusters dynamics, as well as inter-firm joint efforts and collaborations, in order to study their evolution and possible effects when radical innovation occurs inside them. Design/methodology/approach – In order to study these...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to satisfy a clear gap in the main field of open innovation research whereabouts a very little scholarship try to analyze the mechanisms of innovativemilieudown smart cities environments by applying through innovative projects that seem to support...

In global markets, organizations can use 3-D printing technology to decrease the uncertainty brought by technological innovation. Through a qualitative analysis of seven case studies, the authors have identified a new business network type - defined as beta-network - characterized by a flat...