Highly innovative small technology firms, industrial clusters and firm internationalization

Libaers, Dirk; Meyer, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2011.06.005

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“…In fact, extant research on the influence of place and space on the emergence and in particular on the evolution and international expansion over time of new entrepreneurial ventures is not only scarce [28,33], but also primarily focused on the role played by clusters and industrial districts [34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41] that, despite some similarities, are conceptually different from entrepreneurial ecosystems [42]. In fact, industrial districts are place-based socio-economic entities [43] characterized by a single dominant industry whereby a significant number of small and medium-sized firms specialize in different stages of the same production process [44] and are therefore connected by substantial inter-firm linkages [45].…”

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TCKF-Connect: A Cross-Disciplinary Conceptual Framework to Investigate Internationalization within the Context of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Schijndel

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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This conceptual paper examines the still under-researched phenomena associated with internationalization within the context of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Drawing on multiple literature streams, I develop TCKF-Connect, a cross-disciplinary conceptual framework to investigate how entrepreneurial ecosystems become globally connected, and how, in turn, an ecosystem’s global connectedness can drive and sustain the internationalization processes of innovative start-ups. I propose a distinction between entrepreneurial ecosystems’ connectivity and ecosystems’ connectedness, where the former is purported as a necessary but not sufficient condition to achieve the latter. The framework developed revolves around the role played by a specific “vehicle” of connectivity across entrepreneurial ecosystems, i.e., temporary clusters, as conceptualized by Maskell, Bathelt and Malmberg and focuses on the role of knowledge flows within temporary clusters and across the entrepreneurial ecosystems where the temporary clusters are nested. The cross-disciplinary conceptual framework developed contributes to both research and policy debates by underpinning the investigation of research questions to further our understanding of the interplay between internationalization of entrepreneurial ecosystems and internationalization of the start-ups nested within them. The article proposes a research agenda emanating from the application of the cross-disciplinary conceptual framework developed and suggests a methodology for the empirical investigation.

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TCKF-Connect: A Cross-Disciplinary Conceptual Framework to Investigate Internationalization within the Context of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Schijndel

2019

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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“…These networks can also involve other organizations aiding the development of the networks or active in promoting and supporting them Beugelsdijk et al (2010), Diez-Vial (2011), andLibaers &Meyer (2011) state that geographic proximity is a motivational factor for forming regional business networks. These networks are especially beneficial for companies in the same industry, seeking an increase in the competitiveness of their region.…”

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A measurement model for managing performance of horizontal business networks and a research case

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Pontes

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A significant challenge facing companies that are members of collaborative networks are measuring their market performance, even as they evaluate their contribution to the development of the network. This paper develops a model for analyzing the performance measurement of horizontal business networks. We do this by reviewing literature related to performance management in horizontal networks and systematically selecting eight functional perspectives, and 25 operational factors associated with them, to measure the performance of both companies and the network. We employ the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for deciding perspective weights and use its quantitative results to create a diagram for representing the effectiveness of performance management at the company and network level. The model is tested by applying it to companies in an Information Technology business network. We analyze the results of the individual and network performance of the companies surveyed, along with the evaluative perspectives relevant to the network.

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“…Abramova [14], E.S. Kutsenko [15], D. Libaers, M. Meyer [16], R. Lu, M. Ruan [17], F.B. Mahmadiev, N.S.…”

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Methodological aspects of ontogenesis of regional industrial clusters

Plakhin¹

2017

Proceedings of the International Conference on Trends of Technologies and Innovations in Economic and Social Studies 2017

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Highly innovative small technology firms, industrial clusters and firm internationalization

Cited by 40 publications

References 55 publications

TCKF-Connect: A Cross-Disciplinary Conceptual Framework to Investigate Internationalization within the Context of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

TCKF-Connect: A Cross-Disciplinary Conceptual Framework to Investigate Internationalization within the Context of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

A measurement model for managing performance of horizontal business networks and a research case

Methodological aspects of ontogenesis of regional industrial clusters

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