European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 21 Issue 4

The impact of R&D sourcing strategies on basic and developmental R&D in emerging economies

Ebru Ozturk

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of R&D sourcing strategies and their governance modes on basic and developmental R&D. Following the concept of cognitive…

Are publicly funded Czech incubators effective? The comparison of performance of supported and non-supported firms

Ondřej Dvouletý, Maria Cristina Longo, Ivana Blažková, Martin Lukeš, Michal Andera

Even in established economies, empirical studies on the relationship between business incubation and firm performance do not show unequivocally positive results. The purpose of…

Creativity, innovation effectiveness and productive efficiency in the UK

Nebojsa Stojcic, Iraj Hashi, Edvard Orlic

Creativity is often referred to as a seedbed of innovation. As such it holds the key to better performance and the competitiveness of firms. To better understand how creativity…

Made in Vietnam: Internal, collaborative, and regional knowledge sources and product innovation in Vietnamese firms

Thuy Phung Minh Thu, Joris Knoben, Patrick Vermeulen, Dat Tho Tran

The purpose of this paper is to simultaneously test the association between three different sources of knowledge (internal, collaborative and regional) and innovation. This study…

A relational view of start-up firms inside an incubator: the case of the ARCA consortium

Davide Di Fatta, Francesco Caputo, Gandolfo Dominici

Analyzing the entrepreneurial ecosystem related to the ARCA consortium, the purpose of this paper is to study the relationships among the start-up firms inside an incubator.

The structural characteristics of innovation ecosystem: a fashion case

Shuyu Lin

The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence of open innovation mechanism specific to aesthetic innovation. Prior research have drawn its research attention to…

Brokers or platforms? A longitudinal study of how hybrid interorganizational partnerships for regional innovation deal with VUCA environments

Paula Ungureanu, Fabiola Bertolotti, Diego Macri

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role played by turbulent environments in the evolution of hybrid (i.e. multi-party, cross-sector) partnerships for regional…

The impact of firm resources on innovation

Irem Demirkan

The purpose of this paper is to propose that the resources that a firm owns and has full control (firm-level resources) and resources that a firm access through direct connection…