Innovation Networks in Industries provides an extensive study in the fields of industry structure, firm strategy and public policy through the use of network concepts and indicators. It also elucidates many of the complexities and challenges involved.

Contents: Preface 1. Innovation Networks in Industries and Sectoral Systems: An Introduction Franco Malerba and Nicholas S. Vonortas PART I: THE CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE 2. Innovation Networks in Industry Nicholas S. Vonortas 3. The Dynamics of Networks and the Evolution of Industries: A Survey of the Empirical Literature Lorenzo Zirulia PART II: VARIETY OF NETWORKS IN INDUSTRIES AND SECTORAL SYSTEMS 4. Measuring the Corporate Web of Science: Research and Partnership Networks within the European Pharmaceutical Industry Robert J.W. Tijssen 5. Knowledge Search and Strategic Alliance: Evidence from the Electronics Industry Stefano Breschi, Lorenzo Cassi and Franco Malerba 6. Partnership Networks and Knowledge Networks in Five Sectors Koichiro Okamura and Nicholas S. Vonortas 7. What do you Mean by ‘Mobile’? Multi-applicant Inventors in the European Biotechnology Industry Francesco Laforgia and Francesco Lissoni 8. Science as a Communications Network: An Illustration of Nanoscale Science Research Caroline S. Wagner and Susan A. Mohrman PART III: PUBLIC POLICIES FOR NETWORKING IN ICT 9. European Policy Favouring Networks in ICT Stefano Breschi, Lorenzo Cassi, Franco Malerba and Nicholas S. Vonortas 10. Evaluating the Links between Research and Deployment Networks of Innovation in Information Society in Europe Lorenzo Cassi, Nicoletta Corrocher, Franco Malerba and Nicholas S. Vonortas Index