Innovation Networks Concepts and Challenges in the European Perspective [Paperback]

Innovation networks are a major source for acquiring new information and knowledge and thus for supporting innovation processes. Despite the many theoretical and empirical contributions to the explanation of networks, many questions still remain open. For example: How can networks, if they do not emerge by their own, be initiated? How can fragmentation in innovation systems be overcome? And how can networking experience from market economies be transferred to the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe? By presenting a selection of papers which address innovation networking from theoretical and political viewpoints, the book aims at giving answers to these questions.Innovation networks are a major source for acquiring new information and knowledge and thus for supporting innovation processes. Despite the many theoretical and empirical contributions to the explanation of networks, many questions still remain open. For example: How can networks, if they do not emerge by their own, be initiated? How can fragmentation in innovation systems be overcome? And how can networking experience from market economies be transferred to the emerging economies of Central and Eastern Europe? By presenting a selection of papers which address innovation networking from theoretical and political viewpoints, the book aims at giving answers to these questions.Section I: Introduction to The Subject.- 1. Networks in Innovation Research and Innovation Policy  An Introduction.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Theoretical Aspects of Innovation Networks.- 1.3 Innovation Networking in Europe: Some Empirical Evidence.- 1.4 Promotion of Innovation Networking by Innovation and Technology Policy.- 1.5 Structure and Objectives of this Volume.- 1.6 References.- 2. Innovation by Networking: An Economic Perspective.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Impediments to a Division of Innovative Labour.- 2.3 What is a Network ?.- 2.4 Advantages of Network Relationships.- 2.5 Conclusions and Policy Implications.- 2.6 Rlãá