Determining Factors in Innovation of Small Firm Networks: A case of Cross Industry Groups in Japan

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Absorptive capacity and the reach of collaboration in high technology small firms (2010, background): “Certainly, there is plenty of empirical evidence to support the importance of involvement in networks for innovation in small firms – from the classic accounts of the new industrial districts of the Third Italy (e.g. Becattini, 1978) to more recent empirical studies (e.g. Fukugawa, 2006).”
Inter-organizational collaboration and SMEs’ innovation: A systematic review and future research directions (2020, background): “Similarly, Fukugawa (2006) discovered that the relationship between strength of ties and innovation performance is moderated by industrial characteristics; strong ties are beneficial for innovation performance in exploitative industries (like the steel industry), and weak ties are complementary to…”
Determinants of successful R&D cooperation in Japanese small businesses: The impact of organizational and contractual characteristics (2007, background): “%) obtain some outcome from the cooperative R&D.”
The Role of Networks in Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprise Innovation and Firm Performance (2012, methodology): “In addressing this issue, researchers employed a contingency or dynamic perspective to identify optimal network structures at various stages of the innovation process (Fukugawa 2006; Kleinbaum and Tushman 2007; Pirolo and Presutti 2010).”