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Innovator Networks

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Interorganizational collaborations; Inventor networks; R&D (Research and Development) collaborations

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Architectural control:

Refers to innovation in high-technology systems and measures how the control over the architecture of the final product is concentrated within the hand of one (or few) agents (Prybeck et al. 1991). A concentrated architectural control can be found, for instance, in a high-tech industry where a dominant standard interface incorporates proprietary elements, such as telecommunications networks

Heterogeneity:

Relationships in an Innovation System span across very different kinds of agents, ranging from firms to scientists. In addition, each agent is endowed with specific features and a unique knowledge base

Innovation system (IS):

An analytical framework aimed at understanding how innovation is produced in a complex system of interacting agents. The IS approach, introduced by Lundvall (1985), is now especially used to study innovation at national or...

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  1. Chair of Systems Design, ETH Zurich, Weinbergstrasse 56/58, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    Mario Vincenzo Tomasello & Frank Schweitzer

  2. Ernst & Young, Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services, Maagplatz 1, 8005, Zurich, Switzerland

    Mario Vincenzo Tomasello

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Tomasello, M.V., Schweitzer, F. (2017). Innovator Networks. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_368-1

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