Table 7.

Factors and sub-factors related to IC

FactorsSynthesisSub-factorsAuthors
Network collaborationCollaboration with various actors can provide important resources for building ICRelationships between companiesAltenburg et al. (2008), Cappellin (2003); Christopherson and Clark (2007), Elche et al. (2018); Herstad and Ebersberger (2014), Lawson and Lorenz (1999); Romijn and Albu (2002) 
  Integrative capability 
  Interaction with other entities 
  Technological collaboration 
  Combinative capability 
Knowledge creation and transferThe knowledge transit among actors is directly influenced by the capability to share, absorb and pass it onAbsorptive capacity Knowledge sharing Knowledge spillovers Knowledge spillovers Learning capabilityDíez-Vial and Fernández-Olmos (2015); Grillitsch et al. (2015), Larty et al. (2017); Lawson and Lorenz (1999), Molina Morales et al. (2012); Nooteboom (1999); Quintana-García and Benavides-Velasco (2005); Sammarra and Biggiero (2008), Strand et al. (2017); Van Geenhuizen (2008) 
Technology developmentTechnologies are important sources of innovation and increase the ICNew technological opportunitiesÁlvarez et al. (2009); Cavalheiro et al. (2017), Strand et al. (2017); Toivanen (2014) 
  Technological capability 
  R&D capability 
Market influenceThe existence of innovations depends on the demand and acceptance of the innovative product or processCapability to adapt innovation to demandSammarra and Biggiero (2008), Strand et al. (2017); Yam et al. (2004) 
  Capability to advertise and sell new products 
ProximityDetermining characteristic for the formation of innovative collaborative networks. It includes geographical, cognitive, organizational, social and institutional proximityGeographical proximityAtalay et al. (2017) ; Álvarez et al. (2009); Boschma (2005), Cappellin (2003); De Bruijn (2004), Fontes and Sousa (2016); Grillitsch et al. (2015); Quintana-García and Benavides-Velasco (2005); Nooteboom (1999), Petruzzelli et al. (2009); Pietrobelli and Rabellotti (2011); Presutti et al., 2011); Silvestre and Dalcol (2009) 
  Cognitive proximity 
  Organizational proximity 
  Social proximity 
  Institutional proximity 
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