Inter-Network Co-evolution: Reversing the Fortunes of Declining Industrial Networks

[[abstract]]This article takes a dynamics perspective on network change, following the multi-stage pattern of the expansion, churning, strengthening and shrinking evolutionary stages suggested in previous literature, but adding a co-evolutionary rejuvenation stage Based on a longitudinal case study of the interactions between Taiwanese machinery and flat panel display networks, this study focuses on changes triggered by technological and institutions interactions as the major mechanisms responsible for dynamic network co-evolution between multiple networks The article finds that internetwork interactions can provide benefits that can strengthen an expanding network, and also aid the rejuvenation of a declining industrial networks to their own advantage (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved[[note]]SSC