LTMokslo studijoje nagrinėjama inovacijų ir jų tinklų samprata, apžvelgiami inovacijų atsiradimo veiksniai, skirtingos inovacijų formos, socialinių tinklų charakteristikos, inovacijų tinklų tipai, inovacijų tinklų legitimumas bei socialinės tinklų analizės metodologiniai aspektai. Aptariama kultūros įtaka šalies inovatyvumui ir inovaciniams socialiniams ryšiams. Analizuojami pasirinkti inovacijų rinklų kūrimosi atvejai: pradedančiųjų įmonių inovacijų, momentiniai inovacijų, socialinių inovacijų ir asmeniniai inovacijų tinklai.
ENThe goal of this study is determined by insights from recent studies in other countries about the vital role that innovation networks play in the development and effective implementation of innovations, and on the other hand, by the lack of any tradition of collaboration among innovators in Lithuania, which was identified in the Lithuanian Innovation Strategy for 2010-2020 as one of the major obstacles to the development of innovations. The study can therefore be expected to help in better understanding the innovation environment in Lithuania, and to contribute to the promotion of innovations through the development of innovation networks and their integration into the European innovation space. The study is based on data collected in 2011-2013 within the project ‘Analysis of Innovation Networks in Lithuania and their Integration into the European Research Area’, funded by the Research Council of Lithuania (contract no. MIP-114/2011). The aim of the project was to explore the emerging innovation networks in Lithuania and their integration into the wider European research and innovation networks. [...].