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Adaptive build-up and breakdown of trust : An agent based computational approach

Gorobets, A.; Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

This article employs Agent-Based Computational Economics (ACE) to investigate whether, and under what conditions, trust is viable in markets. The emergence and breakdown of trust is modeled in a context of multiple buyers and suppliers. Agents develop trust in a partner as a function of observed...

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Learning and Governance in Inter-Firm Relations

Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

This article connects theory of learning with theory of governance, in the context of inter-firm relations … relational risk are identified: hold-up and spillover risk.For the governance of relations, i.e. the control of relational risk …

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Optimal Cognitive Distance and Absorptive Capacity

Duysters, Geert; Nooteboom, B.; Vanhaverbeke, W.P.M.; … - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

In this paper we test the relation between cognitive distance and innovation performance of firms engaged in technology-based alliances.The key finding is that the hypothesis of an inverted U-shaped effect of cognitive distance on innovation performance of firms is confirmed.Moreover, as...

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Learning and Innovation in Inter-Organizational Relationships and Networks

Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

governance side of relationships.Given cognitive distance, organizations need to align cognition sufficiently to enable the fast … cognitive distance. Hence the importance of networks for innovation.On the governance side, the paper gives a review of … density and strength of ties in innovation networks, concerning both competence and governance. …

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Network Embeddedness and the Exploration of Novel Technologies : Technological Distance, Betweenness Centrality and Density

Duysters, Geert; Nooteboom, B.; Gilsing, V.A.; … - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

In this paper we analyze the innovative performance of alliance networks as a function of the technological distance between partners, a firm's network position (centrality) and total network density.We study how these three elements of an alliance network, apart and in combination, affect the...

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Human Nature in the Adaptation of Trust

Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

This chapter pleads for more inspiration from human nature, in agent-based modeling.As an illustration of an effort in that direction, it summarizes and discusses an agentbased model of the build-up and adaptation of trust between multiple producers and suppliers.The central question is whether,...

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Density and Strength of Ties in Innovation Networks : An Analysis of Multi-Media and Biotechnology

Gilsing, V.A.; Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005

In this article we provide an empirical illustration of hypotheses, developed in the literature, on the role of density and strength of ties in innovation networks.We study both exploration and exploitation networks in the Dutch multimedia and pharmaceutical biotechnology industry.We find...

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Values and Governance Systems

Ruys, Pieter H.M.; van den Brink, J.R.; Semenov, R. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1999

representation governance, and a budget-allocation function. The common service is provided by a firm, which consists of a value …-production function, an implementation governance, and a remuneration function. They extend the concepts of the consumer and the producer … in neoclassical theory. The functions mentioned are determined by cooperative games. A governance is represented by a …

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Competition and Mergers among Nonprofits

Prüfer, Jens - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2007

Should mergers among nonprofit organizations be regulated differently than mergers among for-profit firms? The relevant empirical literature is highly controversial, the theoretical literature is scarce. I analyze the question by modeling duopoly competition with quality-differentiated goods. I...

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Governance of Clubs and Firms with Cultural Dimensions

Ruys, Pieter H.M.; van den Brink, J.R.; Semenov, R. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1999

of institutional features. An institutional approach is introduced that requires a cooperative governance to realize the … potential value-production by firms, or to realize the potential user-value by clubs. For each, a distinctive governance system … is introduced. The firm requires an implementation governance to activate the value-production capacities of its service …

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