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The Role of Knowledge Clusters in R&D Acquisition and Innovation Success

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The information and telecommunication (ICT) industry as well as the media industry are fertile parents to a plethora of electronic (‘e’) and mobile (‘m’) products and applications (Sorenson et al., 2002, Brodt and Heitmann 2004). A common denominator of these industries is that they are based on fast-paced and converging technology development. Winners in the market are in most cases also technology leaders or capable of turning a base technology into a superior product meeting customer needs. While access to technology and market know-how becomes increasingly important to succeed in the competition, size, history and equity become less and less critical requirements. On the one hand this allows e-and m-start-ups to realize tremendous growth rates and on the other hand it spurs the quest for external knowledge sourcing both at established players and start-ups.

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  1. Torsten Brodt
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  1. Delft University of Technology (TUD), Netherlands

    Cees van Beers (associate professor of innovation economics), Alfred Kleinknecht (Professor of Innovation Economics), Roland Ortt (associate professor of technology and R&D management) & Robert Verburg (associate professor of organizational behaviour) (associate professor of innovation economics),  (Professor of Innovation Economics),  (associate professor of technology and R&D management) &  (associate professor of organizational behaviour)

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Brodt, T., Knoll, S. (2008). The Role of Knowledge Clusters in R&D Acquisition and Innovation Success. In: van Beers, C., Kleinknecht, A., Ortt, R., Verburg, R. (eds) Determinants of Innovative Behaviour. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230285736_7

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