A Comparative Case Study on Technological Innovator Network: the Drivers, Barriers, and Challenges1

摘要：

This paper is a comparative case study on technological innovator network (TIN) of a Chinese and a Europeanbased manufacturing company by the approach of innovation system and social network analysis. It tries to reveal the sophisticated pattern and process of social interaction within and across organisational boundary and their impact on technological innovation at the firms level in different national, industrial, and organisational context. The main concerns of this paper are the structure and performance of the TIN of these two companies. We also try to understand the drivers and barriers, as well as challenges of these two companys TINs so as to illuminate valuable implications for both industrial practitioners and government policymakers..

关键词： Technological innovator network structure dynamic comparative case study

作者: Ju LIU Hans JAEGER Paul FRAUENFELDER

作者单位: School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengd Institute of Technology Management,University of St.Gallen,St.Gallen, Switzerland Department of Management Technologyand Economics, Swiss FederalInstitute of Technology, ETH, Zurich,

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: China’s Innovation Circles and Academy –a Network on Learning Innovation and Competence Building Systems(中国创新学术网络青年学术论坛暨国际学术研讨会)

会议地点: 杭州

会议语种:英文

页码: 1-10

在线出版日期: 2008-10-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）