of the agreement form an information network. The network's members optimally specialize based on their opportunities in … particular aspects of the technology or in expanding or managing the network. Endogenously there are incentives to standardize on … designs and descriptions of the technology. A tinkerer in the network who sees an opportunity to produce a profitable product …

We propose a novel model of knowledge discovery shedding light on the emergence of General Purpose Technologies (GPTs … only when certain conditions with regard to the following techno-economic factors are met: knowledge diffusion …

the interplay between knowledge diffusion and network formation can give rise to a cyclical pattern in the collaboration …In this paper we study the coevolutionary dynamics of knowledge creation, diffusion and the formation of R …&D collaboration networks. Differently to previous works, knowledge is not treated as an abstract scalar variable but represented by a …

both, the network of R&D collaborations as well as the market structure, are endogenously determined. We show that the … coevolution of market and network structure matter for the relationship between competition and innovation. Moreover, our model … allows us to explain differences in the R&D network structures observed across different industries, and how they are related …

technological output that firms may achieve. Our results suggest that the firm´s capability to maintain an updated knowledge base …