Innovation dynamics in the Alicante wine cluster. The role of network competence

Andreea-Elena Fotă, Manuel Expósito-Langa, José-Vicente Tomás-Miquel and Gabriel Maldonado-Gómez

Revista Multidisciplinaria Voces de América y el Caribe, 2024, vol. 1, 180-199

Abstract: Context: industrial clusters continue to arouse interest in the literature, so studies on the network of relationships that are generated within them and how they influence the innovation of companies are a contribution to science. Objective: to analyze the effect of network competence on innovation in the companies of a cluster. Method: the work was carried out in the wine sector, specifically in the wineries that form part of the Alicante Protected Designation of Origin in Spain. For the analysis of the data, social network analysis and structural equations using PLS were used. Results: the results confirm the existence of a mediating effect of network competence on the relationship between the company's portfolio of links in the cluster's knowledge network and its innovative performance. Conclusion: the study contrasts the critical role of network competence, highlighting this dynamic competence as a key factor for the development of business innovation in the cluster. This leads to relevant implications for the cluster companies, where obtaining sustainable competitive advantages over time is not only a matter of ubiquity in the network, but also of their ability to manage the established relationships.

Date: 2024
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://remuvac.com/index.php/home/article/view/31/26 (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cvp:remuva:remuvac.v1i1.31

DOI: 10.69821/REMUVAC.v1i1.31

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Revista Multidisciplinaria Voces de América y el Caribe from Plataforma de acción, gestión e investigación social
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Daniel Roman Acosta ().