innovation. Based on a contingency notion, the relation between research and development (R&D) projects’ properties and the way …

This paper explores the drivers of inter-firm R&D collaborations in a particular type of innovation network, the … technological districts created in Italy under a specific public policy to promote innovation. The empirical analysis used an … important to enhance the innovation capabilities of small firms and their performance. …

collaboration with start-ups within their corporate innovation ecosystems (CIEs). The purpose of this study is to analyze the role … of SCUs with reference to the transfer of knowledge between start-ups and large companies in collaborative innovation … collaborative innovation processes involving start-ups by studying the knowledge-broker role played by SCUs in the complex network …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … collaborative R&D projects in total R&D projects is associated with a higher probability of product innovation and with a higher … market success of new products. While we can confirm previous findings in terms of gains for innovation performance, we also …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … terms of gains for innovation performance, but also show that collaboration has decreasing and even negative returns on … product innovation if its intensity increases above a certain threshold. In particular, costs start outweighing benefits if a …