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 …

This paper surveys the literature and develops a framework for research into the integration of distributed knowledge … work (DKW). Knowledge work is considered to be “distributed” whenever key decisions for execution of the project cut across … recent years is well documented. Nonetheless, research into maintaining the coherence of a distributed knowledge work project …

.g. geographical distance between regions). ERGMs represent a new set of network analysis techniques that have been developed in recent … determinants at the structural network level while still only requiring cross-sectional network data. The usefulness of ERGMs is … illustrated by an empirical study on the structure of the cross-regional R and D collaboration network of the German chemical …

network may influence knowledge persistence over time. In a final step, we assess how persistent knowledge as well as the … considerable number of incumbent inventors discontinue. We estimate the persistence of knowledge in regional inventor networks … using alternative assumptions about knowledge transfer. Based on these estimates we analyze how the size and structure of a …

organizational networks by mapping, analyzing and modeling the spatial structure of a large interfirm competition network across a … network formation give comparable results. There is an asymmetry between companies that are considered competitors, and … with geographic distance. We construct these properties by growing a corporate network with competitive links using random …

to the other agents in the network. Agents derive payoff from having access to the information of others through … communication or spillovers through the links between them. Linking decisions are based on network-dependent marginal payoff and a … network independent noise capturing exogenous idiosyncratic effects. Moreover, agents have a limited observation radius when …