Exploring Three Conditions for Innovative Cluster Development through Co-Patenting Relationships

The paper explores the innovative performance of 9 high and medium-high technology manufacturing industries across 29 countries based on patent and R&D expenditure data. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the benefits of particular forms of collaboration have a significant positive effect on innovative performance at the national...

Critical Factors in ‘Livings Labs’ for New Health Concepts and Medical Technology

Living labs are a relatively new instrument in enhancing open innovation. They are practical environments for innovation aiming at a better mix and match between stakeholders for co-development and reduction of time-to-market of innovations through early involvement of user groups. Living lab settings range from delimited environments for co...

‘Livings Labs’ for New Health Concepts and Medical Technology in Cluster Development

The development of medical clusters is high on the agenda of many policymakers in the European Union. Constructing medical clusters may draw on the presence of living labs of different kinds in the regions involved. Living labs are practical environments for innovation aiming at a better mix and match between stakeholders for co-development and...

Social networks' openness, university entrepreneurship and differences between regional innovation systems

Enhancing the establishment and growth of spin-off firms from university is receiving an increased attention in local and regional policy today. University spin-off firms are typically in short of resources, reason why social networks play a vital role in their early growth. There is however a lack of understanding of the profile of these...

Knowledge virtualization and local connectedness among smart high-tech companies

Smart high-tech companies are characterized by knowledge intensity and open innovation. Even when these companies emerge in spatial clusters or dense urban places, they may utilize knowledge networks on a global scale. However, there is not much insight into the factors that shape knowledge networks, the role of virtualization herein and the...