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Regional Horizontal Networks within the SME Agri-Food Sector: An Innovation and Social Network Perspective
McAdam M., McAdam R., Dunn A. and McCall C. Regional horizontal networks within the SME agri-food sector: an innovation and social network perspective, Regional Studies. This paper aims to explore how regional horizontal networks within the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) agri-food sector develop innovative capability and outcomes through the adoption of a combined innovation and social network perspective. To facilitate this, the Slow Food Network was deemed appropriate. A multiple case analysis was then used in order to explore 11 regional SME-based agri-food horizontal networks. The findings demonstrate that a complex life cycle development occurred within the regional SME networks. Such development required unique strategies of explorative and exploitative innovation-based knowledge exchange at different life cycle stages with resultant changes in network dynamics between the SMEs.
Regional Horizontal Networks within the SME Agri-Food Sector: An Innovation and Social Network Perspective
McAdam M., McAdam R., Dunn A. and McCall C. Regional horizontal networks within the SME agri-food sector: an innovation and social network perspective, Regional Studies. This paper aims to explore how regional horizontal networks within the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) agri-food sector develop innovative capability and outcomes through the adoption of a combined innovation and social network perspective. To facilitate this, the Slow Food Network was deemed appropriate. A multiple case analysis was then used in order to explore 11 regional SME-based agri-food horizontal networks. The findings demonstrate that a complex life cycle development occurred within the regional SME networks. Such development required unique strategies of explorative and exploitative innovation-based knowledge exchange at different life cycle stages with resultant changes in network dynamics between the SMEs.
Regional Horizontal Networks within the SME Agri-Food Sector: An Innovation and Social Network Perspective
McAdam, Maura (author) / McAdam, Rodney (author) / Dunn, Adele (author) / McCall, Clare (author)
Regional Studies ; 50 ; 1316-1329
2016-08-02
14 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) , Agri-food sector , Innovation , Social networks , 中小型企业（SMEs） , 农产品部门 , 创新 , 社会网络 , Petites et moyennes entreprises (Pme) , Secteur agro-alimentaire , Réseaux sociaux , Kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen (KMU) , Landwirtschafts- und Nahrungsmittelsektor , Soziale Netzwerke , Pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) , Sector agroalimentario , Innovación , Redes sociales , M , O , Q
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