Purpose This study aims to explore how absorptive and joint learning can foster radical innovation. Furthermore …, dependence asymmetry is investigated as a moderator of the effects of these factors on radical innovation. Radical innovation is … types of inter-partner learning cultivate the process of generating such innovation. Design/methodology/approach The authors …

Purpose – This article aims to describe patterns of change in innovation networks and to clarify the roles of time and … influences on network performance over time. Design/methodology/approach – A fuzzy simulation of innovation networks and … investigations of different network types, using two classes of growth modeling techniques, help refine understanding of innovation …

affect the evolution of innovation along the different steps of technology life cycle. Design/methodology/approach – The …

innovation and absorbing some uncertainties. Research limitations/implications – The research approach benefits from detailed …

such firms’ contribution to innovation, proposing a classification of the interactions and role systems that contribute to … interactions and the roles systems that the focal firm can establish. The status of focal actor for innovation in a network stems … actor’s previously recognized roles in interactions on which network innovation is based. The local system may or may not be …

collective innovation. Design/methodology/approach – By using the six sources of heterogeneity identified by Corsaro et al. (2012 … innovation development and application; at the micro level, the authors shed some light on the role of the single actor acting … actors’ heterogeneity and the context of interaction influence the development of innovation (collective/macro-network level …

different roles of value-adding partners in the innovation process. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses an extended case … development, as well as launch, process of radical innovation of chemical companies. Originality/value This is one of the first …