Knowledge, learning and innovation : research insights on cross-sector collaborations

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This book places knowledge, learning and innovation at the heart of cross-sector collaborations. Collaboration for innovation is a topic that has attracted widespread interest from academics, business strategists and government officials. To date the collaborations have focused on the performance management process and more specifically on how to encourage collaboration. However, businesses across the world are realizing that for cross-sector collaboration to be successful, it is necessary for firms to share knowledge and innovation through a process of learning. The book contributes to this by providing fresh insights into ways to stimulate cross-sector collaboration. It presents diverse methods and approaches to unify the dimensions of knowledge, learning and innovation and discusses how collaboration can be created, sustained, and expanded. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Knowledge, Learning and Innovation: Research into Cross-Sector Collaboration (Vanessa Ratten, Carla Susana Marques, Vitor Braga)....Pages 1-4 Entrepreneurial Competencies and Firm Performance in Emerging Economies: A Study of Women Entrepreneurs in Malaysia (Noor Hazlina Ahmad, Yuliani Suseno, Pi-Shen Seet, Pattanee Susomrith, Zaiben Rashid)....Pages 5-26 Can Online Co-creation Influence Lead Users’ and Opinion Leaders’ Behaviors? (Mathilde Bru, Laurent Scaringella)....Pages 27-47 Knowledge and Innovation in Portuguese Enterprises (Vanessa Ratten, Carmem Leal, Marlene Loureiro, Rui Silva, Alexandra Braga)....Pages 49-58 Social Ties and Human Capital in Family SMEs’ Internationalization (Masoud Karami, Cici Xiao He, Shang Zhengang)....Pages 59-73 Perceived Social Support and Social Entrepreneurship: Gender Perspective from Turkey (Ayşe Gökçen Kapusuz, Mustafa Fedai Çavuş, Nazmiye Ülkü Pekkan)....Pages 75-90 Entrepreneurship Challenges and Gender Issues in the African Informal Rural Economy (Paul Igwe, Robert Newbery, Afam Icha-Ituma)....Pages 91-111 The Construction of a Professional Identity of a Female Entrepreneur (Qiuhong Boers, Börje Boers)....Pages 113-122 Knowledge Creation and Relationship Marketing in Family Businesses: A Case-Study Approach (Veland Ramadani, Lutfije Ademi, Vanessa Ratten, Ramo Palalić, Norris Krueger)....Pages 123-157 The Gender Question and Family Entrepreneurship Research (Ogechi Adeola, Michael Zisuh Ngoasong, Olaniyi Evans)....Pages 159-176 A Composite Index Approach to Detecting Reporting Quality: The Case of Female Executives in Family Firms (Gianluca Ginesti, Carlo Drago, Riccardo Macchioni)....Pages 177-190 Influencing Factors in Customers’ Intention to Re-visit Resort Hotels: The Roles of Customer Experience Management and Customer Value (Bachruddin Saleh Luturlean, Ratih Hurriyati, Lili Adi Wibowo, Grisna Anggadwita)....Pages 191-207