Network approach to the management of innovation systems

Abstract

Purpose – the purpose of this paper is to analyze the context of the public governance changes with an emphasis on networks and to identify the key features of how these changes influence the transformations of the innovation system management. Design/methodology/approach – analysis of scientific literature. Findings – the paper reveals that the combination of high level of collaboration actions and intense level of knowledge flow is considered as a central point of competitiveness in the network system. Research limitations/implications – The paper analyses the environment of the public governance changes and its influence to the innovation system management with an emphasis on the unique features of knowledge networks. Practical implications – the article describes a holistic view on network approach to public governance, based on two contrasting perspectives on networks: network as logic of organizing and network as analytic perspective. The synthesis of both perspectives is used to analyze the transformations of innovation system. Originality/Value – The study integrates the network governance and knowledge-based collaboration streams of reasoning to give a unique contribution towards the understanding of the fundamental network factors that are essential to the contemporary knowledge-based management of innovation systems.