Innovation Networks for Regional Development : Concepts, Case Studies, and Agent-Based Models /

This book brings together original research on the role of networks in regional economic development and innovation. It presents a comprehensive framework synthesizing extant theories, a palette of real-world cases in the aerospace, automotive, life science, biotechnology and health care industries,...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Vermeulen, Ben; Paier, Manfred
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Economic Complexity and Evolution,
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43940-2
Summary: This book brings together original research on the role of networks in regional economic development and innovation. It presents a comprehensive framework synthesizing extant theories, a palette of real-world cases in the aerospace, automotive, life science, biotechnology and health care industries, and fundamental agent-based computer models elucidating the relation between regional development and network dynamics. The book is primarily intended for researchers in the fields of innovation economics and evolutionary economic geography, and particularly those interested in using agent-based
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(vi,307pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319439402
CLC: F403.6-05
Contents: Innovation Networks for Regional Development. Overview and Contributions -- Conceptual Approaches and Case Studies: The Evolution of Aerospace R&D Collaboration Networks on the European, National and Regional Levels -- The Knowledge-base of the Stuttgart Automobile Industry and Its Outreach -- The Local Perspective on Engery Transition and Innovation -- A Process Model of Invention and the Role of Government, Institutions, and Geography. Anecdotal Evidence from the Aerospace Industry in the Years 1800-1950 -- A Descriptive Statistics Exploration of Spatio-Temporal Patterns in Inventive Activ