Torsten Heinrich is Postdoctoral Lecturer and Research Assistant in the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics at the University of Bremen, Germany.

• 1. Introduction: The Poor Craftsman and the Wealthy Inventor 2. Methods for an Analysis of Economic Growth and Network Effects 3. A Literature Review: Models of Economic Growth 4. Network Economies 5. A Complex Model of Growth, Technological Change, and Network Effects 6. Case Study: The ICT-Sector and Economic Growth 7. Conclusions: The Technologies, the Networks, and the Next Wave of Growth

'Will be read with profit, even by experts in the fields of economics of innovation, economic dynamics (cycles and growth), agent-based modelling, the IT industry, and the micro foundations of macroeconomics. The author’s compact simulation models are studded all over with sockets for plugging in one’s own lines of research.' — Colin Richardson, Adjunct Professor of Economics, Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney

Torsten Heinrich is Postdoctoral Lecturer and Research Assistant in the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics at the University of Bremen, Germany.

• 1. Introduction: The Poor Craftsman and the Wealthy Inventor 2. Methods for an Analysis of Economic Growth and Network Effects 3. A Literature Review: Models of Economic Growth 4. Network Economies 5. A Complex Model of Growth, Technological Change, and Network Effects 6. Case Study: The ICT-Sector and Economic Growth 7. Conclusions: The Technologies, the Networks, and the Next Wave of Growth

'Will be read with profit, even by experts in the fields of economics of innovation, economic dynamics (cycles and growth), agent-based modelling, the IT industry, and the micro foundations of macroeconomics. The author’s compact simulation models are studded all over with sockets for plugging in one’s own lines of research.' — Colin Richardson, Adjunct Professor of Economics, Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney

Torsten Heinrich is Postdoctoral Lecturer and Research Assistant in the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics at the University of Bremen, Germany.

• 1. Introduction: The Poor Craftsman and the Wealthy Inventor 2. Methods for an Analysis of Economic Growth and Network Effects 3. A Literature Review: Models of Economic Growth 4. Network Economies 5. A Complex Model of Growth, Technological Change, and Network Effects 6. Case Study: The ICT-Sector and Economic Growth 7. Conclusions: The Technologies, the Networks, and the Next Wave of Growth

'Will be read with profit, even by experts in the fields of economics of innovation, economic dynamics (cycles and growth), agent-based modelling, the IT industry, and the micro foundations of macroeconomics. The author’s compact simulation models are studded all over with sockets for plugging in one’s own lines of research.' — Colin Richardson, Adjunct Professor of Economics, Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney