Innovation networks in economics: from the incentive‐based to the knowledge‐based approaches

Andreas Pyka · 2002 · European Journal of Innovation Management

Summary. Innovation networks are persistent organizational structures in industrial innovation, but traditional economics viewed them only as temporary hybrids between markets and firms, focusing narrowly on R&D cost reduction. Evolutionary economics shifts focus to knowledge, learning, and synergistic partnerships. The paper develops an evolutionary theory of innovation networks that accounts for uncertainty, heterogeneity, and historical time as essential to understanding why networks self-organize and persist.

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DOI

10.1108/14601060210436727

Countries

Germany

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation

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2026-04-28