Patterns of a Network Economy [Paperback]

Network economics is a new, rapidly developing field. In this volume theoretical and empirical contributions are collected, each deals with different aspects of the network economy. The book assesses networks as a complement to pure market relations and studies innovation networks and strategic alliances among innovative corporations. Product differentiation and specialization in reciprocal networks are emphasised as a strategy of sustainable development. The book presents econometric methods of barrier and network analysis, including communication and trade patterns.Network economics is a new, rapidly developing field. In this volume theoretical and empirical contributions are collected, each deals with different aspects of the network economy. The book assesses networks as a complement to pure market relations and studies innovation networks and strategic alliances among innovative corporations. Product differentiation and specialization in reciprocal networks are emphasised as a strategy of sustainable development. The book presents econometric methods of barrier and network analysis, including communication and trade patterns.1. Patterns of a Network EconomyAn Introduction.- I: ECONOMIC NETWORKS AND THE NETWORK ECONOMY.- 2. Demand Revealing and Knowledge Differentiation Through Network Evolution.- 3. Innovation Networks and Territorial Dynamics: A Tentative Typology.- 4. Lean Timing: Interdependencies Between Logistics, Scope, Locus and Development.- 5. Trading Local Autonomy for Economic Efficiency or the Faustian Bargain of Choice at the Close of the Twentieth Century: The Case of Globalized Financial and Property Markets.- 6. The Evolutionary Network Economy: Historical Parallels from Europe and Japan.- 7. State Market Networks in Japan: The Case of Industrial Policy.- II: TRADE AND PRODUCTION NETWORKS.- 8. Domestic Demand, Learning and Comparative Advantage.- 9. Revealing Network Properties of Swedens Trade with Europe.- 10. Regional Integration as a Vehicl“.