IKINET

International Knowledge and Innovation Networks

for European Integration, Cohesion and Enlargement

Project no: CIT2-CT-2004-506242, STREP, Thematic Priority 7

WP2 - Validation and improvement of theoretical models

CONTENTS

1) Abstracts of theoretical contributions to WP2

2) Theoretical contributions:

Università di Roma "Tor Vergata"

The governance of regional knowledge networks in medium technology clusters

Riccardo Cappellin

University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Networking and learning at local and national level: bringing the concepts together
Riccardo Cappellin
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Regional governance of knowledge networks: innovation models and policy strategies
Riccardo Cappellin
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Regional Governance in the Knowledge Economy: policy strategies and policy making models
Riccardo Cappellin
University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Regional learning networks in medium tech sectors and European integration
Riccardo Cappellin and Luigi Orsenigo
University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and University of Brescia

Intermediate institutions for interactive learning processes in a “governance” perspective:

the case study of aeronautic industry in Campania region
Riccardo Cappellin, Immacolata Caruso and Giuseppe Pace, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” and Institute of Studies on Mediterranean Societies, Naples

Innovation and knowledge creation in the SMEs of an aeronautical industrial cluster
Massimiliano Bianca and Riccardo Cappellin
University of Sannio, Benevento, and University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

University of Wales Cardiff

Geographical and relational proximities in the European Airbus project

by Philip Cooke & Oliver Ehret

Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University

Aerospace Industry Outsourcing in Wales

By Oliver Ehret & Philip Cooke

Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University

Ruhr-Forschungsinstitut für Innovations- und Strukturpolitik - Bochum

Knowledge Value Chain Management in medium-technology SMEs

Rüdiger Wink

Ruhr Research Institute for Innovation and Regional Policy, Bochum

International Boundary Spanning Institutions: The Case of European Aeronautics Industry

Silviya Draganinska

Ruhr Research Institute for Innovation and Regional Policy, Bochum

Formal Knowledge Examination Institutions: Chance or Threat to European Medium Technology SMEs? A Cognitive and Institutional Perspective

Silviya Draganinska and Rüdiger Wink

Ruhr Research Institute for Innovation and Regional Policy, Bochum

Instytut Badań Systemowych – Polska Akademia Nauk – Warszawa

System analysis of social capital at the firm level

Stanislaw Walukiewicz

Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences

Social capital and knowledge management in an organisation

Winch, S.

System Research Institute, Polish Akademy of Sciences, Warsaw

Joanneum Research Forschungsgesellschaft - Graz

Geographical agglomerations and the development of local networks

Michael Steiner and Michael Plodder

Joanneum Research, Graz

The role of institutions and governance in knowledge generation. Knowledge networks and their evolutionary-institutional character

Michael Steiner

Joanneum Research, Graz

Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Paris

Clusters and temporary geographical proximity

André Torre

INRA Paris

Clusters and inter-firm relations: first results of a study on the optics cluster of the Greater Paris Region

Sofiène Lourimi and André Torre

ADIS, Paris Sud University and UMR SAD APT, INRA, INA PG, Paris

Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Emergence and transformation of clusters and milieus

Antonio Vázquez-Barquero

Universitad Autonoma de Madrid

Innovation and its diffusion: the aeronautical case

Javier Alfonso-Gil

Universitad Autonoma de Madrid

3) Other contributions:

Scientific Workshop, February 23-25, 2006 Centre for Advanced Studies, Cardiff University

Special Session “European Regional Science Association” Congress, Volos, September 2006"

IKINET presentation at the EURO-COOP Workshop, Paris, December 4, 2006