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Preface......Page 6 The Contributors......Page 8 Contents......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 Actors and Innovation Networks......Page 17 Structure Embeddedness and Innovation Networks......Page 21 Social Interaction and Innovation Networks......Page 23 Researching Innovation Networks......Page 28 Issues of Theory and Method......Page 31 Aston Perspectives......Page 34 References......Page 43 Introduction: Innovation and Networks......Page 54 The Politics of Innovation......Page 58 Micropolitics and Innovation Networks......Page 61 Research Methods......Page 66 Innovation Networks in PAC......Page 68 The Micropolitics of Innovation Networks......Page 74 Conclusions......Page 80 References......Page 86 Introduction......Page 94 Social Network Analysis and Network Mapping......Page 98 Informal Organisation......Page 102 The Tensions Between Formal and Informal Organisation......Page 111 Introduction to the Case-Study......Page 117 The Case-Study: Pilot Implementation of an IT System......Page 119 Concluding Comments......Page 126 References......Page 128 Introduction......Page 138 Knowledge and Innovation......Page 140 A Transaction Cost Perspective......Page 144 Evolutionary Economics and Resource-based Theory......Page 149 The Roles of Reputation and Trust......Page 154 Spillovers in Innovation......Page 160 Cooperation and Spillovers in Networks: Insights from Game Theory......Page 161 Conclusions......Page 164 References......Page 166 Introduction......Page 178 An Economics Perspective on Innovation Networks......Page 179 The Product Development Survey......Page 187 Discussion: Innovation Networks and Institutions......Page 196 Conclusions......Page 200 References......Page 201 Innovation and Risk in the Food Sector......Page 206 Network Conceptualisations Drawing on Evolutionary Models of Technology......Page 208 Network Approaches to Organisation and Policy Processes......Page 212 A Research Framework for Exploring Innovation and Risk Networks......Page 224 References......Page 225 Introduction......Page 230 Policy Initiatives for Improving UK Industrial Competitiveness......Page 231 The Innovation Process......Page 233 The Network Perspective......Page 237 The Innovation Process and Actor-Network Theory......Page 238 Methodology......Page 241 The Beta Teaching Company Scheme: A Techno-Economic Network......Page 243 The Four Moments of Translation......Page 244 Fragmenting the Network......Page 252 Summary......Page 255 References......Page 257 Introduction......Page 264 Learning in Networks and Organisations......Page 266 Industrial Districts: Uncertainty and Coordination......Page 274 What Drives Innovation? The Benefits of Constraint......Page 277 The Decline of Industrial Districts......Page 279 Networks of Learning: Innovation Networks......Page 283 Further Research......Page 287 Conclusion......Page 291 References......Page 293 Introduction......Page 300 Theoretical Background......Page 302 Research Methodology......Page 307 The Impact of Networks on the Innovative Capacity of VNPOs......Page 313 Conclusions......Page 324 References......Page 327 Introduction......Page 334 The Ecoprotest Movement......Page 335 The Postmodern Environment of Organisations......Page 337 The Ecoprotest......Page 341 The Strategic Goals of New Age Travellers......Page 345 The Traveller Network: A Self-Organising System......Page 347 The Local Community Network......Page 351 Innovation Through Networking......Page 354 Conclusions and Lessons......Page 355 References......Page 357 The Rise of the Network Perspective: Simply a Fashion or Fad?......Page 362 The 'Taken-for-Granteds' of the Network Perspective in Innovation Studies......Page 365 Issues Relating to Existing Network Research......Page 369 Concluding Comments......Page 375 References......Page 376 Index......Page 380