Product innovation is widely thought to benefit from collaboration with both scientific and
supply-chain partners. The combination of exploration and exploitation capacity, and of …

This work contributes to the literature on innovation systems and, in particular, delivers a
thorough analysis on business innovation modes across a range of regional contexts. This …

Various groups of innovating German small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are identified
according to their use (or nonuse) of in-house research and development (R&D), their …

This study analyzes the most effective innovation modes ('science and technology-based
innovation', STI, and 'doing, using and interacting-based innovation', DUI) for business …

In this study, the relationship between the formation of different types of collaborative
agreements and firm innovation is examined. Two types of agreements are …

Innovation processes comprise interactive learning mechanisms by combining different
knowledge sources. Using a set of 80 exploratory interviews with small and medium-sized …

Understanding technical knowledge acquisition modes in organic farming (ie, how organic
farmers learn about the means and methods underpinning the practice of organic …

Clusters are networks of organizations, and their transformation is a collective social
phenomenon. Clusters have been defined as “a set of co-located firms operating in related …

This paper seeks to identify different innovation modes and their territorial embeddedness,
relating them to firms' innovative and economic performance. We also analyse the …

Two promising streams of research in innovation involve the innovation stemming from the
interaction of multiple actors (ie innovation networks) and innovation modes [the modes …