The Evolution of Innovation Networks : An Automotive Case Study

Tobias Buchmann analyzes innovation network dynamics in the German automotive industry. The study is based on a model for analyzing the complex evolution of innovation networks and the driving mechanisms underlying network evolution derived from theoretical and empirical findings in innovation economics, economic geography and management science. The author uses established social network analysis (SNA) techniques and combines them with recent methodological developments in the analysis of network evolution. Contents Innovation and Industry Dynamics Cooperative Firm Behavior Concepts of Descriptive Network Analysis Towards a Dynamic Framework of Network Analysis Determinants of Network Evolution Modeling Network Evolution: An Innovation Network in the German Automotive Industry Target Groups Researchers and students in the fields of innovation economics, economic geography, management science Managers and practitioners involved in policy making, public administration and cluster and innovation management. The Author Dr. Tobias Buchmann conducted his doctoral research at the University of Hohenheim. He currently works as a postdoctoral researcher in the field of innovation economics