Growth, Development and Structural Change of Innovator Networks - The Case of Jena

19 Pages Posted: 16 Nov 2007

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Uwe Cantner

Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Holger Graf

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Date Written: November 12, 2007

Abstract

We attempt to extend the static analysis of innovator networks by providing case study based insights into the dynamic, developmental or evolutionary pattern of such networks. In the theoretical part, we develop some building blocs that are considered central to a theory of network evolution. Especially, we focus on the growth of innovator networks and their structural change over time, i.e. how new relationships come into existence and existing ties are cut, how new actors join the system, and other actors leave it. The factors shaping these structural properties, can explain how coherence might increase in some periods while it might decrease in others. We exemplify these patterns for the case of the Jena network of innovators during the period 1995-2001.

Keywords: Innovator network, internal/external relationships, network entry and exit

JEL Classification: O31, L14, R11

Suggested Citation

Cantner, Uwe and Graf, Holger, Growth, Development and Structural Change of Innovator Networks - The Case of Jena (November 12, 2007). Jena Economic Research Paper No. 2007-090, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1029674 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1029674

Uwe Cantner (Contact Author)

Friedrich Schiller University Jena ( email )

Furstengraben 1
Jena, Thuringa 07743
Germany

Holger Graf

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena ( email )

Furstengraben 1
Jena, Thuringa 07743
Germany

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