Innovation Networks

Section I: Introduction to The Subject.- 1. Networks in Innovation Research and Innovation Policy — An Introduction.- 2. Innovation by Networking: An Economic Perspective.- Section II: Knowledge and Learning in Innovation Networks.- 3. Knowledge, Innovation Processes and Regions.- 4. Innovation Processes and the Role of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS).- 5. Institutions of Technological Infrastructure (ITI) and the Generation and Diffusion of Knowledge.- 6. Innovative Links between Industry and Research Institutes — How Important Are They for Firm Start Ups in the Metropolitan Regions of Barcelona, Vienna and Stockholm?.- Section III: Innovation Networks In Transition.- 7. Implementation of a Network Based Innovation Policy in Central and Eastern European Countries — Slovenia as an Example.- 8. Innovation Networking in a Transition Economy: Experiences from Slovenia.- 9. Integration through Industrial Networks in the Wider Europe: An Assessment Based on Survey of Research.- 10. East German Industrial Research: Improved Competitiveness through Innovative Networks.- 11. Innovation Networks and Regional Venture Capital Companies in Germany — Experiences for Central and Eastern European Countries.- Section IV: Innovation Networks And Regional Innovation Policy.- 12. Innovation, Interaction and Regional Development: Structural Characteristics of Regional Innovation Strategies.- 13. Innovation Networks and Industrial Research in the New Federal States: Perspectives of Economy and Structural Policy.- 14. Innovation Networks and Regional Policy in Europe.- List of Contributors.