new knowledge. Modern innovation research is challenged by the need to incorporate knowledge generation and dissemination … processes into the analysis so as to disentangle the complexity of these dynamic processes. With innovation, however, strong … anchored in equilibrium and homogeneity. This text introduces SKIN (Simulation Knowledge Dynamics in Innovation Networks), an …

"The social dynamics of innovation networks captures the important role of trust, social capital, institutions and … norms and values in the creation of knowledge in innovation networks. In doing so, this book connects to a long …-standing debate on the socio-spatial context of innovation in economic geography, which is usually referred to as the Territorial …

Transition and change : innovation systems in Asia-Pacific economies / V.V. Krishna and Tim Turpin -- 'Marking time …?' The evolution of the Australian national innovation system, 1996-2005 / Sam Garrett-Jones -- New S&T policies and … repositioning of universities in the changing national innovation system : the case of Japan / Fumi Kitagawa and Robert Schuman …

Contents: Preface and Introduction / Mitsuru Kodama -- 1. Innovation through boundaries vision and dynamic capabilities … creation perspective / Mitsuru Kodama -- 3. Knowledge convergence and design-driven innovation through boundaries knowledge … - new knowledge from the knowledge convergence and design-driven innovation perspectives / Mitsuru Kodama and Masashi Kimura …