Arbeitspapier

Dynamic R&D networks

In this paper we analyze R&D collaboration networks in industries where firms are competitors in the product market. Firms' benefits from collaborations arise by sharing knowledge about a cost-reducing technology. By forming collaborations, however, firms also change their own competitive position in the market as well as the overall market structure. We analyze incentives of firms to form R&D collaborations with other firms and the implications of these alliance decisions for the overall network structure. We provide a general characterization of both equilibrium networks and endogenous production choices, and compare it to the efficient network architecture. We also allow for firms to differ in their technological characteristics, investigate how this affects their propensity to collaborate and study the resulting network architecture.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 109

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Computational Techniques; Simulation Modeling
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
Network Formation and Analysis: Theory
Firm Organization and Market Structure
Thema
Bonacich centrality
network formation
R&D networks
Industrielle Forschung
Forschungskooperation
Technischer Fortschritt
Unternehmensnetzwerk
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
König, Michael D.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Zurich, Department of Economics
(wo)
Zurich
(wann)
2013

DOI
doi:10.5167/uzh-69230
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • König, Michael D.
  • University of Zurich, Department of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2013

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