COLLABORATION IN AN AEROSPACE SMEs CLUSTER: INNOVATION AND ICT DYNAMICS

Mariangela Lazoi (), Federica Ceci (), Angelo Corallo () and Giustina Secundo ()
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Mariangela Lazoi: eBMS – ISUFI, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni s.n., Lecce, 73100, Italy
Federica Ceci: DASTA, University G.D'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, viale Pindaro 42, Pescara, 65127, Italy
Angelo Corallo: eBMS – ISUFI, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni s.n., Lecce, 73100, Italy
Giustina Secundo: eBMS – ISUFI, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni s.n., Lecce, 73100, Italy

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), 2011, vol. 08, issue 03, 393-414

Abstract: The aerospace industry is characterized by an intensive net of relationships and information in the supply chain. The small and medium enterprises (SMEs) working for this kind of industry needs to be innovative and adopt information and communication technologies (ICT) tools to work with bigger companies. This paper explore three networks of relations (i.e. complete, R&D, and production) inside an aerospace cluster of SMEs located in Italy with the aims to specify dynamics in the ICT adoption and innovation rising. The centrality in the R&D network emerges as key characteristics to explore innovation and ICT in such firms.

Keywords: Innovation; ICT; network; cluster; aerospace industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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