This paper presents empirical and theoretical findings about the endogenous dynamics of interorganisational knowledge networks. Based on a qualitative study of intercommunal knowledge networks in local employment policy a model of knowledge network life cycles is outlined, empirically...

In this discussion paper the program of the Research Unit "Cultural Sources of Newness" is presented. Short descriptions of currently nine projects follow. The assumption driving the research program is that newness lies at the core of innovations and emerges in cultural sources, which are...

In diesem Discussion Paper wird im ersten Teil das Forschungsprogramm der Abteilung "Kulturelle Quellen von Neuheit" dokumentiert, im zweiten Teil werden insgesamt sechs Projekte und zwei an das Programm gekoppelte Dissertationen vorgestellt. Neuheit, so die zugrundeliegende Annahme des...