Network evolution, success, and regional development in the European aerospace industry

Barber, Michael J.; Guffarth, Daniel

Network evolution, success, and regional development in the European aerospace industry

dc.contributor.author	Barber, Michael J.	de
dc.contributor.author	Guffarth, Daniel	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:50:35Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:50:35Z
dc.date.created	2014-12-11
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.description.abstract	The success breeds success hypothesis has been mainly applied to theoretical network approaches. We investigate the European aerospace industry using data on the European Framework Programmes and on Airbus suppliers, focusing on the success breeds success hypothesis at four levels of analysis: the spatial structure of the European aerospace R&D collaboration network, its topological architecture, the individual actors that make up the network, and through a comparison of the Airbus invention and production networks. On the spatial level, SBS is favored: successful regions maintain their position and grow on a large scale, especially so for regions that have strongly participated from the very beginning. The regional hub structure is mirrored in the architecture of the European aerospace R&D collaboration network, where well-connected hub organizations play a key role in shaping the structure of the network through their many collaborative partnerships and do so in a way that strategically positions themselves with greater ability to access and regulate knowledge flows, as assessed by several centrality measures. Only successful organizations have the ability to form so many ties, with success thus breeding success in the European aerospace R&D collaboration network. The importance of the core organizations made clear through the centrality analysis is further supported by the analysis of weak ties, where we observe that the core organizations are connected to the rest of the network with many weak ties, thereby confirming their outstanding positions in the European aerospace R&D collaboration network as being able to access knowledge or other resources. With the combination of the R&D collaboration network and the Airbus production network on a spatial level, we see additional support for SBS, as those regions whose actors are frequent participants in both networks show the greatest share of successful actors. The European aerospace industry shows an ambidextrous character as a whole, which is nonetheless insufficient to avoid recent and future challenges demanding a strong emphasis on production skills.	en
dc.identifier.swb	422897507
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5865
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-10363
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	FZID discussion papers; 96
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-ohne-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_ubh.php
dc.subject	R&D collaboration network	en
dc.subject	Success breeds success	en
dc.subject	Aerospace industry	en
dc.subject	European Framework Programmes	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Forschung und Entwicklung	de
dc.subject.gnd	Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie	de
dc.subject.gnd	Netzwerk	de
dc.title	Network evolution, success, and regional development in the European aerospace industry	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.export.bibtex	@techreport{Barber2014, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5865}, author = {Barber, Michael J. and Guffarth, Daniel}, title = {Network evolution, success, and regional development in the European aerospace industry}, year = {2014}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {FZID discussion papers}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthor	Barber, Michael J. and Guffarth, Daniel
local.export.bibtexKey	Barber2014
local.export.bibtexType	@techreport
local.faculty.number	7	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	795	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1036
local.series.issueNumber	96
local.series.title	FZID discussion papers
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Landesanstalten	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Forschungszentrum Innovation und Dienstleistung	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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