Chapter 1 Networks in Innovation Research and Innovation Policy — An Introduction

Chapter 2 Innovation by Networking: An Economic Perspective

Chapter 3 Knowledge, Innovation Processes and Regions

Chapter 4 Innovation Processes and the Role of Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS)

Chapter 5 Institutions of Technological Infrastructure (ITI) and the Generation and Diffusion of Knowledge

Chapter 6 Innovative Links between Industry and Research Institutes — How Important Are They for Firm Start Ups in the Metropolitan Regions of Barcelona, Vienna and Stockholm?

Chapter 7 Implementation of a Network Based Innovation Policy in Central and Eastern European Countries — Slovenia as an Example

Chapter 8 Innovation Networking in a Transition Economy: Experiences from Slovenia

Chapter 9 Integration through Industrial Networks in the Wider Europe: An Assessment Based on Survey of Research

Chapter 10 East German Industrial Research: Improved Competitiveness through Innovative Networks

Chapter 11 Innovation Networks and Regional Venture Capital Companies in Germany — Experiences for Central and Eastern European Countries

Chapter 12 Innovation, Interaction and Regional Development: Structural Characteristics of Regional Innovation Strategies

Chapter 13 Innovation Networks and Industrial Research in the New Federal States: Perspectives of Economy and Structural Policy

Chapter 14 Innovation Networks and Regional Policy in Europe