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Different Paths to Achieve High Technological Innovation in Clustered Firms: An Analysis of the Spanish Ceramic Tile Industry
(MDPI, 2019-09-06)
This paper uncovers the different factors behind the high technological innovation performance of clustered firms. Moreover, we aim to investigate the necessary and sufficient conditions of factors to achieve innovative ...
Loving Outside the Neighborhood: The Conflicting Effects of External Linkages on Incremental Innovation in Clusters
(WileyInternational Council for Small Business, 2019-10)
The present study assesses the explanatory capacity of three levels of factors, namely, internal to the company, and internal and external to the cluster, in predicting firms' incremental innovative performance in cluster ...
Industrial districts and migrant enclaves: a model of interaction
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-03-29)
So far,
the relationship between Industrial Districts (IDs
;
clusters of
interconnected
local industries
) and
migrant enclaves
(
areas with a
high concentration of
international migrants from a ...
Structural social capital and knowledge acquisition: implications of cluster membership
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
This paper analyzes the implications of belonging to a cluster through the relationship
between structural capital and knowledge acquisition.
Findings suggest
structural social
capital ...
Distance to customers, absorptive capacity, and innovation in high-tech firms: the dark face of geographical proximity
(Wiley, 2017-02)
This paper investigates the impact of both geographical and relational proximity on the innovative performance of the firm. We address the role of one firm characteristic—its absorptive capacity—as a specific contingency ...
The cluster is not flat. Uneven impacts of brokerage roles on the innovative performance of firms
(Elsevier, 2018)
This paper investigates whether and to what extent individual firms improve their innovation from behaving as brokers connecting other actors in the Spanish ceramic tile cluster. The effects of the brokerage roles are ...
An analysis of the Spanish Ceramic Tile Industry Research Contracts and Patents
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
In this work we apply a systemic approach to the analysis of a particular geographic
territory,
the industrial district. We are particularly interested in analysing the
interaction between the ...
How network position interacts with the relation between creativity and innovation in clustered firms
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Several previous studies have investigated different ways to
stimulate creativity, since it enhances innovation. However,
although creativity can be considered the main input of
innovation, it is not enough ...
La eficiencia y la innovación en las subredes de empresas. Un estudio del distrito cerámico español
(Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 2012)
La homogeneidad dentro del distrito industrial frente a las empresas externas se ha asumido tradicionalmente en la literatura. Sin embargo, nuestro trabajo sugiere que los distritos muestran un cierto grado de heterogeneidad. ...
Dynamics of Brokerage Positions in Clusters: Evidence from the Spanish Foodstuffs Industry
(MDPI, 2017)
Shifting away from traditional approaches orientated towards the analysis of the benefits
associated with brokerage, this paper provides valuable insights into the dynamics of this network
position and the opportunities ...