Year 2023

• Proximity and the Cluster Organization

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  • A. Lis
  • A. Lis

  - Year 2023

  Including the category of proximity in theoretical considerations and empirical analyzes in cluster organizations is an attempt to integrate existing approaches to understand and explain the specificity of inter-organizational cooperation developed in geographical proximity. The importance of geographical proximity to create a competitive advantage is emphasized in all theories on the establishment and development of industrial...

• Sustainability objectives and collaboration lifecycle in cluster organizations

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  • A. Lis
  • M. Rozkwitalska
  • A. Lis

  - Quality and Quantity - Year 2023

  In our paper, we combine two issues, collaboration in cluster organizations and sustainability, aiming to answer the question: Does complex governance structure of cluster organizations support members in formulating and reaching sustainability objectives? Based on four case studies of cluster organizations and a still novel abductive approach, we present the ways in which sustainability was executed in their functioning. Our study...

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Year 2021

• The Cluster Organization. Analyzing the Development of Cooperative Relationships

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  • A. Lis
  • A. Lis

  - Year 2021

  Cluster organizations are becoming more and more popular, both in developing and developed countries. Considering the development of cluster policy and the related dynamic growth of cluster initiatives in the world, the lack of sufficient knowledge on the development of cooperation in cluster organizations inhibits their development and, in many cases, causes their complete disintegration. 　 The book provides new important elements...

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Year 2020

• Sustainability of Cluster Organizations as Open Innovation Intermediaries

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  • A. Lis
  • M. McPhillips
  • A. Lis

  - Sustainability - Year 2020

  The purpose of the paper is to identify the most important open innovation practices used by cluster organizations (COs). To reflect these practices, the paper uses the concept of the trajectory of relationship development in COs, applied in the Interizon cluster organization. Additionally, this paper introduces the potential sustainability-related implications of open innovation adoption in cluster organizations. An in-depth direct...

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