Technological Communities and Networks: Triggers and drivers for innovation (Routledge Studies in Business Organization and Networks)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Dedication......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Figures......Page 12
Graphs......Page 14
Tables......Page 16
Abbreviations and acronyms......Page 18
Prologue and acknowledgements......Page 20
1. Introduction......Page 22
2. Communities as the social locus of knowledge-intensive technological practice......Page 35
3. Collaboration networks as the social locus of knowledge-intensive technological innovation......Page 54
4. Ptolemaic views of personal networks in cross-national innovation......Page 72
5. An astronomer’s view of the origins of a national GIS community......Page 112
6. A regional semiconductor community and academic entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley......Page 151
7. Technological communities and networks: New frontiers for knowledge-intensive innovation......Page 205
Appendix: SNA concepts and metrics......Page 221
Glossary of SNA terminology......Page 224
References......Page 226
Author index......Page 240
Subject index......Page 244