together rather than investing separately. We study the coordination and cooperation problems that might hinder successful … collaboration in a dynamic network setting. We develop an experiment in which coordination problems are mainly due to finding … collaborate. The results show that as costs of forming links increase, groups succeed less often in solving the coordination …

theoretical refinements by introducing the concept of <<coordination resources >> to indicate modalities that permit connections … the build-up of partnerships and the complementary role of coordination resources. Social embeddedness appears to be …