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Connecting local entrepreneurial ecosystems to global innovation networks: open innovation, double networks and knowledge integration

Edward J. Malecki · 2011 · International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Summary. Large and small firms increasingly tap dispersed knowledge from universities, research institutes, and SMEs through open innovation and global networks. This paper argues that regional innovative ecosystems play a crucial role in attracting R&D activity and enabling knowledge integration. Success requires firms to simultaneously integrate knowledge locally and globally, internally and externally, within double network structures that connect entrepreneurial ecosystems to worldwide innovation networks.

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Malecki, E. J.. (2011). Connecting local entrepreneurial ecosystems to global innovation networks: open innovation, double networks and knowledge integration. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijeim.2011.040821

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DOI
10.1504/ijeim.2011.040821
Countries
United States
Regions
North America
Categories
innovation-networks, regional-innovation-systems, entrepreneurship, general-innovation
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2026-04-28