.../approach Using a combination of social network analysis, regression analysis and interview analysis, the authors map and analyze a cleantech cluster to investigate the relationship between MNEs and local firms and the resulting effects on cleantech innovation. Findings The findings of the paper...

... of network analysis and patent analysis techniques to analyze the social structure of Montreal tech agglomeration and its innovation. Findings The findings indicate that the cores of modern regional innovation systems are composed of densely collaborating organizations belonging to different industrial...

... clusters create shared value?” Design/methodology/approach The study relied on social network analysis methods and techniques. Data have been collected from both primary and secondary sources, in the empirical context of the Motor Valley cluster in Emilia-Romagna. The authors computed three independent...

...) process, here measured by the number of external network ties that an organisation realises for the realisation of its patents, has a positive effect on patent productivity. The depth of the openness, that is, the intensity of external network ties, has an equally positive influence on the innovative...

...Fernando G. Alberti; Emanuele Pizzurno Purpose – This paper aims at investigating the multifaceted nature of innovation networks by focusing on two research questions: Do cluster actors exchange only one type of innovation-related knowledge? Do cluster actors play different roles in innovation...