Potenzial nicht durch ihre Struktur, sondern durch die Prozesse, die sie ermöglichen, nämlich Lernen und Innovation. … regions and enterprises between EU-Europe and the accession countries. The underlying assumption is that innovation oriented … networks which encompass the "old" and the "new" members of the European Union can contribute to the economic and also to the …

determining the effectiveness of innovation activities. The authors investigate the typical configurations of cooperative networks … innovation outcomes in terms of innovation novelty and export capacity. The most common cooperative strategy is vertical …In the era of "open innovation", the choice of a cooperative strategy is one of the most significant factors …

This paper investigates the embeddedness of European regions in different types of inter-regional knowledge networks …, namely project based R&D collaborations within the EU Framework Programmes (FPs), co-patent networks and co …-publication networks. Embeddedness refers to the network positioning of regions captured in terms of social network analytic (SNA …

widening the R&D resource base concern the search for the novelty value of collaboration for innovation, but the costs are … innovation focus has strengthened besides basic research within subsidized R&D activities. Additionally, the projects involve … international R&D networks with different patterns, but for EU13 countries the network-ing barriers seem to be higher, even in the …

Research networks are regarded as channels for knowledge creation and diffusion and are thus essential for the … offer opportunities for both countries to benefit from brain circulation, transnational entrepreneurs and research networks …. The present paper examines the structure of research networks of the European Framework Programmes (FP) that are …