Multilayer Network Analysis of Innovation Intermediaries’ Activities
Russo, M. and Caloffi, A. and Righi, R. and Righi, S. and Rossi, Federica (2019) Multilayer Network Analysis of Innovation Intermediaries’ Activities. In: Ragozini, G. and Vitale, M.P. (eds.) Challenges in Social Network Research: Methods and Applications. Lecture Notes in Social Networks. Springer, pp. 193-208. ISBN 9783030314620.
Abstract
Policymakers wishing to enhance innovation processes in small and medium-sized enterprises increasingly channel their interventions through innovation intermediaries. However, limited empirical research exists regarding the activities and performance of intermediaries, with most contributions taking a qualitative approach and focusing on the role of intermediaries as brokers. In this paper, we analyse the extent to which innovation intermediaries, through their engagement in different activities, support the creation of communities of other agents. We use multilayer network analysis techniques to simultaneously represent the many types of interactions promoted by intermediaries. Furthermore, by originally applying the Infomap algorithm to our multilayer network, we assess the contribution of the agents involved in different activities promoted by intermediaries, and we identify the emerging multilayer communities and the intercohesive agents that span across several communities. Our analysis highlights the potential and the critical features of multilayer analysis for policy design and evaluation.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | Series ISSN: 2190-5428 |
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Multilayer and multiplex networks, Overlapping communities, Regional innovation policy, Innovation intermediaries, Regional innovation system |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Business and Law > Birkbeck Business School |
| Depositing User: | Federica Rossi |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2021 06:49 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 17:56 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/30465 |
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