Smart innovation policy: How network position and project composition affect the diversity of an emerging technology

Frank J. van Rijnsoever, Jesse van den Berg, Joost Koch and Marko P. Hekkert

Research Policy, 2015, vol. 44, issue 5, 1094-1107

Abstract: Technological diversity is important to achieve long-term technological progress as diversity fosters recombinant innovation and renders undesirable lock-ins less likely. Many government policies influence the diversity of a technology, in particular by subsidizing collaborative innovation projects. This study investigates the influence of network position and the composition of innovation projects on the creation diversity of an emerging technology at a system level. We first conceptualize technological diversity and formulate hypotheses using a combination of innovation system and social network arguments. Empirically, we study the Dutch innovation system in relation to biogas energy technology.

Keywords: Technological diversity; Social networks; Innovation systems; Innovation policy; R&D collaboration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.12.004

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