Vicente, Jérôme, Balland, Pierre-Alexandre and Suire, Raphaël (2013) Structural and geographical patterns of knowledge networks in emerging technological standards: evidence from the European GNSS industry. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 22 (1). pp. 47-72.

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Abstract

The concentration and dispersion of innovative activities in space have been largely explained and evidenced by the nature of knowledge and the geographical extent of knowledge spillovers. One of the empirical challenges is to go beyond this by understanding how the geography of innovation is shaped by particular structural properties of knowledge networks. This paper contributes to this challenge, focusing on the particular case of global navigation satellite systems at the European level. We exploit a database of R&D collaborative projects based on the fifth and sixth European Union Framework Programs, and apply social network analysis in economic geography. We study the properties both of the network of organizations and the network of collaborative projects. We show that the nature of the knowledge involved in relationships influences the geographical and structural organizations of the technological field. The observed coexistence of a relational core/periphery structure with a geographical cluster/pipeline one is discussed in the light of the industrial and geographical dynamics of technological standards.

Item Type: Article
Language: English
Date: 2013
Refereed: Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords: economic geography, knowledge networks, social network analysis, EU Framework Programs, technological standards, GNSS
Keywords (French): géographie économique, réseaux de la connaisannce, réseaux sociaux, GNSS, Programme de recherche européen
JEL Classification: A10 - General
Subjects: B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE > B1- Généralités
F- SCIENCES HUMAINES > F1- Histoire. Géographie
Divisions: Laboratoire d'Études et de Recherches sur l'Économie, les Politiques et les Systèmes sociaux (Toulouse)
Site: IEP
Date Deposited: 13 Mar 2013 14:09
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2021 13:35
URI: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/12481
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