Friends or Neighbors? The Effects of Inter-firm Networks and Clusters on Technological Innovations in the U.S. Semiconductor Industry
This dissertation is motivated by an overarching research question: How do firms leverage external resources residing in their ego network (portfolio of alliances) and their clusters in order to innovate in a sustained manner? Research suggests that firms often struggle and falter in their innovati...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29234 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10102007-144411/ |