COLLABORATION IN AN AEROSPACE SMEs CLUSTER: INNOVATION AND ICT DYNAMICS

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 comp...

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Published inInternational Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM) Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 393 - 414
Main Authors LAZOI, MARIANGELA, CECI, FEDERICA, CORALLO, ANGELO, SECUNDO, GIUSTINA
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published World Scientific Publishing Company 01.09.2011
World Scientific Publishing
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd
SeriesInternational Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM)
Subjects
Aerospace
Aerospace industry
Aircraft components
cluster
Clusters
Dynamics
Enterprises
ICT
Industrial production
Information and communication technologies
Informationstechnik
Innovation
Italy
KMU
Luftfahrtindustrie
Management
network
Networks
Regionales Cluster
Research and development
Small and medium sized enterprises
Spacecraft components
Supply chains
Unternehmensnetzwerk
cluster
Innovation
ICT
aerospace industry
network
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:0219-8770
1793-6950
1793-6950
DOI:10.1142/S0219877011002398