Table 6.

Factors and sub-factors related to IC

FactorsSub-factorsRelated toAuthor
Collective learningTrust/organizational proximityIC1141
  Innovation60
Learning capabilities Technological IC69
Density and quality of relationships IC2
High density and strength of ties Innovation2612
Integrative capabilitiesWidely diversified knowledge of technologies  
 Firm-specific knowledge development and exploitationIC35
Interaction with suppliers, customers, public agencies, associations, foundations  62
Network cooperation Capacity for innovation16
Relationships between enterprises and institutions IC2
Technological collaborationLearning routines and incentives to reveal their own tacit knowledgeInnovation12
Combinative capabilityMobility of skilled personnel on the local labor marketIC41
 Co-operation among producers  
Combinatory capabilitiesDiversified knowledge of technologiesInnovation12
Absorptive capacity IC225
 Knowledge acquisitionInnovation74
In-house knowledge capabilityKnowledge of each individualInnovation34
 Homogeneity/diversity of experience and knowledge of staff  
 Communication processes  
 Role of gatekeepers  
 Expectations and ambitions  
Knowledge exchange IC42
 TrustInnovation50
 Cultural proximity  
Knowledge sharing  40
Managerial knowledge exchange IC63
Market knowledge exchange   
Spillovers Innovation25
Technological knowledge exchange IC60
Market capabilityTransform new technological knowledge into marketable products, to combine and mutually adapt technological knowledge 63
Marketing capability Technological IC6980
Cognitive proximity Innovation70
Cultural proximity IC22
Geographic proximityCollective learning processes 1121
  Innovation70 40
 Trust and cognitive identificationInnovation59
  IC67
 Competitiveness, information exchange, collaborationInnovation72 70
Institutional proximity   
Organizational proximity IC22
Physical proximityLocal transfer of informationInnovation5 12 70
Social proximity   
Capabilities in emerging technologies Capability for innovation71
New technology opportunities IC3
R&D capabilities Technological IC69
Technology capability IC13
Technological competences Innovativeness34
Manufacturing capabilities Technological IC69
Organizational capabilities   
Resource capabilities   
Skilled labour force Innovative capacity16
Strategic capability Technological IC69
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