Economic Complexity and Evolution: Evolutionary Change, Strategic Positioning, and Firm Innovativeness

Kudic, Muhamed

Technological innovation is fundamental to firm performance and economic prosperity. The aim of this book is to contribute to an in-depth understanding of collective innovation processes by analyzing publicly funded R&D cooperation and innovation networks in the German laser industry. Standing in a neo-Schumpeterian tradition, it employs interdisciplinary analytical concepts and draws upon a unique longitudinal dataset from the laser industry that covers more than two decades of observations. In brief, the book makes a valuable contribution by exploring how and why firm-specific R&D cooperation activities and network positions, large-scale network patterns, and evolutionary network change processes affect the innovative performance of laser source manufacturers in Germany.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2014-11-18

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319079349

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07935-6

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 363