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Innovation Networks in the German Laser Industry Evolutionary Change, Strategic Positioning, and Firm Innovativeness
Başlık:
Innovation Networks in the German Laser Industry Evolutionary Change, Strategic Positioning, and Firm Innovativeness
Yazar:
Kudic, Muhamed. author.
ISBN:
9783319079356
Fiziksel Niteleme:
XX, 363 p. 43 illus. online resource.
Seri:
Economic Complexity and Evolution,
İçindekiler:
Introduction and Theoretical Background: Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Industry, Data and Methods: Laser Technology and the German Laser Industry -- Methodological Reflections and Data Sources -- Quantitative Concepts and Measures -- Dataset Design and Estimation Methods -- Descriptive Analysis: Industry Dynamics and Geographical Concentration -- Evolution of the Industry's Innovation Network -- Econometric Analysis: Causes and Consequences of Network Evolution -- Ego Networks and Firm Innovativeness -- Small World Patterns and Firm Innovativeness -- Network Positioning, Co-Location or Both? -- Summary, Conclusion and Outlook: Findings and Limitations -- Further Research and Conclusions.
Özet:
Technological innovation is fundamental to firm performance and economic prosperity. The aim of this book is to contribute to an in-depth understanding of collective innovation processes by analyzing publicly funded R&D cooperation and innovation networks in the German laser industry. Standing in a neo-Schumpeterian tradition, it employs interdisciplinary analytical concepts and draws upon a unique longitudinal dataset from the laser industry that covers more than two decades of observations. In brief, the book makes a valuable contribution by exploring how and why firm-specific R&D cooperation activities and network positions, large-scale network patterns, and evolutionary network change processes affect the innovative performance of laser source manufacturers in Germany.