Together we are strong? A systematic literature review on how SMEs use relation-based collaboration to operate in rural areas

M Beckmann, M Garkisch, A Zeyen - Journal of Small Business & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role for growth and
sustainable development, particularly for rural areas in which MNCs are absent. Despite this …

Open innovation for sustainability in the social enterprises: An empirical evidence

B Harsanto, A Mulyana, YA Faisal… - Journal of Open …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Social enterprises are currently receiving significant attention from academics and
practitioners because of their hybrid nature to achieve profit while achieving the planned …

Peripheral, Marginal, or Non-Core Areas? Setting the Context to Deal with Territorial Inequalities through a Systematic Literature Review

S Oppido, S Ragozino, G Esposito De Vita - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Territorial inequalities are an issue of increasing relevance in the international scientific
debate across different disciplinary fields, and their mitigation is a key challenge on the …

The black box of regional growth

M Grillitsch, M Martynovich, RD Fitjar… - Journal of Geographical …, 2021 - Springer
Regional growth models leave a large share of variation unexplained. While we should
continuously aim to improve these models, the unique combination of conditions and human …

Innovation in the periphery: Compensation and exploitation strategies

J Eder, M Trippl - Growth and Change, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research has challenged the urban bias in economic geography and innovation
studies, showing that highly innovative and competitive firms are also located in peripheral …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive innovation model design: Integrating agile and open innovation in regional areas innovation

Y Andriyani, WA Yohanitas, RS Kartika - Journal of Open Innovation …, 2024 - Elsevier
Regional innovation should be adaptive because it involves uncertainties and risks, and the
context of each region is critical to the success of innovation processes. However, regional …

Does location matter? STI and DUI innovation modes in different geographic settings

D Doloreux, R Shearmur - Technovation, 2023 - Elsevier
Since Jensen et al.'s (2007) seminal paper conceptualizing innovation modes, many
empirical studies have demonstrated the validity of the concept. There have recently been …

Does successful innovation require large urban areas? Germany as a counterexample

M Fritsch, M Wyrwich - Economic Geography, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
abstract Popular theories claim that innovation activities should be located in large cities
because of more favorable environmental conditions that are absent in smaller cities or …

Innovation in peripheral regions from a multidimensional perspective: Evidence from the Middle Pomerania Region in Poland

P Zarębski, M Czerwińska-Jaśkiewicz… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Entrepreneurs in peripheral areas need to fully utilize a multidimensional regional
environment in order to reduce regional innovation gaps. To gain a deeper theoretical and …

Spatial processes of translation and how coworking diffused from urban to rural environments: The case of Cowocat in Catalonia, Spain

I Capdevila - Culture, creativity and economy, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
The success of coworking in urban areas has increased the interest of actors from rural
areas to embrace the concept as way to improve the local socio-economic environment. The …