spill-over effects of region-external factors on centrality in the co-publication network. Thus, the distinctive knowledge … creation foci in each network seem to find expression in the network structure as well as its regional determinants. …This paper investigates the embeddedness of European regions in different types of inter-regional knowledge networks …

Studies on open innovation (OI) have highlighted the importance of inter-organizational knowledge networks. However …, little is known about OI networks established by family firms, and their roles in such knowledge networks. By focusing on one … of the most important Italian footwear clusters, this paper applies Social Network Analysis to investigate the role of …