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Informal Networks of Relationships in Successful Small Firm Innovation

In: Technology, Innovation and Enterprise

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  • Steve Conway

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In recent years a great deal of research effort has been directed towards identifying, mapping out, understanding and rationalising the formal interactions and relationships of innovative organisations (Håkansson, 1989; Håkansson and Johanson, 1990; Lawton-Smith, Dickson and Lloyd Smith, 1991; Hagedoorn and Schakenraad, 1992). However, while research has also indicated the importance of informal relationships to the innovation process, both within and outside such formal frameworks as joint ventures and technology agreements (von Hippel, 1988; Kreiner and Schultz, 1993; Shaw, 1993), this has largely been anecdotal in nature. This view is supported by Freeman (1991:500–2), who argues that ‘although rarely measured systematically … informal networks are extremely important, but very hard to classify and measure’.

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  • Steve Conway, 1997. "Informal Networks of Relationships in Successful Small Firm Innovation," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Dylan Jones-Evans & Magnus Klofsten (ed.), Technology, Innovation and Enterprise, chapter 8, pages 236-273, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-25770-6_8
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25770-6_8
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    1. May, Daniel E. & Tate, Graham J. & Worrall, Leslie, 2011. "Understanding innovation in a dynamic agricultural business environment: a multivariate approach," International Journal of Agricultural Management, Institute of Agricultural Management, vol. 1(1), pages 1-9.
    2. Sahin, M. & Nijkamp, P. & Rietdijk, M., 2009. "Cultural Diversity and Urban Innovativeness: Personal and Business Characteristics of Urban Migrant Entrepreneurs," Serie Research Memoranda 0033, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics.

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