innovation networks. To marshal evidence in this regard, we design a simple model of partner selection in which firms ally for … joint learning and innovation to be possible, and thus for an alliance to be feasible. The striking result is that, despite …

In this paper, we model the formation of innovation networks as they emerge from bilateral decisions. In contrast to … a bilateral collaboration is determined by cognitive, relational, and structural embeddedness. Innovation results from …). Repeated alliance formation creates a network. Two features are central to the innovation process: how firms pool their …