Technological Regimes and the Growth of Networks: An Empirical Analysis.

Focuses on how technological and relational regimes have shaped the growth of the network of research and development (R & D) collaborative agreements in pharmaceuticals in the 1990s. Review of related literature on industry networks; Analysis of the nature of technological regimes and the growth of an extensive system of innovative labor in the industry; Topological properties of the R & D networks and the processes underlying its growth.