• Networking, context and firm-level innovation: Cooperation through the regional filter in Norway 

      Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07)
      The paper assesses the role for innovation of one aspect which has been generally overlooked by evolutionary economic geography: context. It analyses how context shapes the impact of collaboration on firm-level innovation ...
    • Not too close, not too far: testing the Goldilocks principle of ‘optimal’ distance in innovation networks 

      Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Huber, Franz; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      This paper analyses how the formation of collaboration networks affects firm-level innovation by applying the ‘Goldilocks principle’. The ‘Goldilocks principle’ of optimal distance in innovation networks postulates that ...
    • Nothing is in the air 

      Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-03)
      It has often been argued that “there is something in the air” which makes firms in high-density environments—such as cities or clusters—more innovative. The co-location of firms facilitates the emergence of serendipity and ...
    • Organizing Product Innovation: Hierarchy, Market or Triple-Helix Networks? 

      Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Gjelsvik, Martin; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)
      This paper assesses the extent to which the organization of the innovation effort in firms – as well as the geographical scale at which this effort is pursued – affects the capacity to benefit from product innovations. ...
    • Organizing product innovation: hierarchy, market or triple-helix networks? 

      Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Gjelsvik, Martin; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-10)
      This paper assesses the extent to which the organization of the innovation effort in firms, as well as the geographical scale at which this effort is pursued, affects the capacity to benefit from product innovations. Three ...