methodological tools assessing network characteristics at the dyadic level are lacking for aggregated networks (such as the network … knowledge flows. To do so we first define a new measure to assess 'network proximity' at the level of the regional dyad, based … European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom). The studied network is then composed of all the …

-publication networks. Embeddedness refers to the network positioning of regions captured in terms of social network analytic (SNA …) centrality measures. The objective is to estimate how region-internal and region-external factors influence network embeddedness … in the distinct network types, in order to identify differences in their driving factors at the regional level. In our …

This book addresses the role of cooperation, networks and institutions in the context of regional innovation systems …. It emphasises the importance of these factors in the emergence of local innovation systems, using detailed examples of … political perspective, and highlight the local mechanisms which are involved in the development of innovation systems. They …