Living Labs by David V. Keyson Olivia Guerra-Santin & Dan Lockton

Living Labs by David V. Keyson Olivia Guerra-Santin & Dan Lockton

Author:David V. Keyson, Olivia Guerra-Santin & Dan Lockton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham


Keywords

Actor analysisNetwork analysisMixed methods

15.1 Introduction

Social network analysis (SNA) is both a theoretical position and a methodological set in social science. It is a widespread approach used in different disciplines to analyse a variety of relational phenomena such as friendship, advice or organisational collaborations in innovation research (Borgatti et al. 2009). The research object is actors i.e. persons or organisations, and their relations with one another. The relations can be analysed as conduits through which e.g. information flows or social influence. Borgatti and Halgin (2011) differentiate the following types of ties (Table 15.1).Table 15.1Types of ties in SNA (Borgatti and Halgin 2011, 1170)



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