Monteiro, João Pedro Valadas da SilvaNeto, PauloNoronha, Teresa de2014-06-272014-06-272014Monteiro, P.; Neto, P. & Noronha Vaz, T. (2014) “Understanding the ways and the dynamics of collaborative innovation processes: the case of the Maritime Cluster of the Algarve region (Portugal)”, Urban, Planning and Transport Research, Taylor & Francis, 1(2): 247–264AUT: MTV00577;http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/4561The Algarve region has always showed a close relationship with the sea as a result of its excellent natural conditions, historical and cultural reasons, and notorious know-how related with traditional maritime activities, such as fisheries and fish processing, and naval industry; more recently, nautical activities, such as tourism and recreational boating, have been gaining increased importance. The region is also well infrastructured in terms of public R&D institutions which are important cornerstones of the regional and national innovation systems. Through surveys carried out over a population of firms related to fisheries, aquaculture, fish processing and trade, nautical tourism, naval construction, and repair and shipping, we intend to: (1) characterize the innovation processes adopted by the Algarve’s firms of the maritime economy and evaluate some of the main outputs generated by R&D activities promoted by the regional innovation centers; (2) analyze the potential externalities linked to the production and dissemination of information from knowledge spillovers and knowledge networks; and (3) assess the strategic interest associated with the use of knowledge-intensive service activities regarding their role as sources and/or facilitators of innovation in customer organizations, or as carriers of innovation, when they help in transferring knowledge between or within organizations.engMaritime clusterInnovationKnowledge-intensive service activitiesjournal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21650020.2014.909739