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.

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 Activities in the Pharmaceutical Industry.- Methodological Advances and Agent-Based Models: Knowledge Creation and Research Policy in Science-Based Industries: An Empirical Agent-Based Model.- Regional Innovation Systems: An Agent-Based Laboratory for Policy Advice.- Using Participatory Modeling to Enable Local Innovation Through Complexity Governance.- Regional Specialization and Knowledge Output: An Agent-Based Simulation of the Vienna Life Sciences.- Competition in the German Market for Retail Electricity: An Agent-Based Simulation.- Supraregional Relationships and Technology Development. A Spatial Agent-Based Model Study.- Innovation Networks to Cope With the Geographical Distribution of Technological Knowledge. An Empirically Calibrated Agent-Based Model Study.