2012/09 | LEM Working Paper Series | |
Innovation and market dynamics: A two-mode network approach to user-producer relation |
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Uwe Cantner, Marco Guerzoni, Arianna Martinelli |
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Keywords | ||
user-producer interaction, two-mode network, telecommunication manufacturing industry
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JEL Classifications | ||
O30, O31, O33
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Abstract | ||
In this paper we propose a new mental representation of how markets,
technology and their interaction concur in explaining the why of a
certain innovation instead of another. We empirically test this theory
in the telecommunication switches industry. We consider innovation as
a new alignment of needs and opportunities, where markets and
technology are not the sources, but the actors in this alignment
process. In order to accomplish this task, we suggest proxies for
technological opportunities, market needs, and, at the same time, for
interactions of these two elements. We make use of a statistical tool
that grasps the matching nature of this interactive phenomenon.
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