Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/274253 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity [ISSN:] 2199-8531 [Volume:] 7 [Issue:] 3 [Article No.:] 193 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 1-14
Publisher: 
MDPI, Basel
Abstract: 
Studies on open innovation (OI) have highlighted the importance of inter-organizational knowledge networks. However, little is known about OI networks established by family firms, and their roles in such knowledge networks. By focusing on one of the most important Italian footwear clusters, this paper applies Social Network Analysis to investigate the role of family firms in exchanging knowledge according to their intra-cluster position and extra-cluster openness. Our results provide novel evidence on the role of family firms in OI networks, as they suggest that family firms mainly operate as gatekeepers in the technological and managerial networks, while they act as external stars in the market and managerial networks.
Subjects: 
knowledge network
open innovation
regional cluster
social network analysis
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Document Type: 
Article

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