Technological endowments in entrepreneurial partnerships

Xavier Martinez-Giralt () and Rosella Nicolini ()
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Xavier Martinez-Giralt: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Rosella Nicolini: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 2013, vol. 19, issue 4, No 11, 621 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper discusses a novel argument to interpret the importance of thinking of collaborative partnerships in pre-competitive agreements. To do so, we adopt a dynamic iterative process to model technology diffusion between the partners of an agreement. We find that the success of an agreement of a given length hinges around identifying the suitable efficient combinations of the initial technological endowments of partners. As the time horizon of the agreement expands, the probability of identifying a suitable partner decreases, thus justifying the prevalence of short-horizon R&D agreements.

Keywords: Cantor set; Technology diffusion; Logistic function; Discrete time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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