Knowledge networks, collaboration networks, and exploratory innovation.

Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Pages: 484 - 514
Published: Apr 1, 2014
Abstract
Innovation in firms is doubly embedded: in a social network of collaborations between researchers, and in a knowledge network composed of linkages between knowledge elements. The two networks are decoupled. Their structural features are distinct and influence researchers' exploratory innovation differently. Using the patent data of a leading U.S. microprocessor manufacturer, we constructed the firm's collaboration and knowledge networks, and...
Paper Details
Title
Knowledge networks, collaboration networks, and exploratory innovation.
Published Date
Apr 1, 2014
Volume
57
Issue
2
Pages
484 - 514
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