Network Structures in Regional Innovation Systems

摘要: AbstractWhile interactive learning and inter-organizational relations are the fundamental building blocks in regional innovation system (RIS) theory, framework is rarely related to investigations of knowledge network structures, because RIS literature relational structures interaction networks discussed a rather fuzzy generic manner, with “network term” often being used metaphorically. This paper contributes by discussing theoretical arguments about interactions exchange from perspective social analysis. More precise, it links network-theoretical concepts insights well-known classification types Cooke [(2004) Introduction: Regional systems – an evolutionary approach, in: P. Cooke, M. Heidenreich & H.-J. Braczyk (Eds) Innovation Systems: The Role Governances Globalized World, 2nd ed., pp. 1–18 (London: UCL Press)]. We thereby exemplarily s...