Open AccessUnravelling the effects of interorganizational networks oninnovation in the textile industry. The case of the Valencian cluster in Spain
Author(s) -
JoséVicente TomásMiquel,
Manuel Expósito-Langa,
G. Brătucu,
Oana Bărbulescu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
industria textilă
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.281
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1222-5347
DOI - 10.35530/it.070.03.1575
Subject(s) - business , cluster (spacecraft) , social connectedness , industrial organization , textile , textile industry , key (lock) , knowledge management , empirical evidence , industrial district , marketing , economic geography , computer science , economy , economics , geography , psychology , philosophy , computer security , archaeology , epistemology , psychotherapist , programming language
cholars have supported the idea that interorganizational knowledge networks are a key factor for firms’ innovation inclusters. Yet, existing empirical evidence suggests that, while networks can enhance firms’ innovative performance, not allnetwork linkages influence to the same extent. On this basis, this paper aims to explore in a Spanish textile cluster howthe involvement in business and technical knowledge networks influences textile firms’ innovation. The results reveal theinfluence of the firms’ connectedness to the cluster knowledge network on their innovative results, although only in thecase of the technical knowledge network. These findings provide relevant insights for an efficient management of territorialnetworks at the firm level and for a better definition of textile clusters’ industrial policies.