A two-layer team-assembly model for invention networks

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSA.2014.07.076zbMATH Open1402.91233arXiv1206.4933OpenAlexW2963353687MaRDI QIDQ1783142FDOQ1783142

Authors: Hiroyasu Inoue 

Publication date: 20 September 2018

Published in: Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Companies are exposed to rigid competition, so they seek how best to improve the capabilities of their innovations. One strategy is to collaborate with other companies in order to speed up their own innovations. Such inter-company collaborations are conducted by inventors belonging to the companies. At the same time, the inventors also seem to be affected by past collaborations between companies. Therefore, interdependency of two networks, namely inventor and company networks, exists. This paper discusses a model that replicates two-layer networks extracted from patent data of Japan and the United States in terms of degree distributions. The model replicates two-layer networks with the interdependency. Moreover it is the only model that uses local information, while other models have to use overall information, which is unrealistic. In addition, the proposed model replicates empirical data better than other models.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4933

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zbMATH Keywords

networkgrouplayerpatentinventor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Production theory, theory of the firm (91B38)

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• Innovation networks from inter-organizational research collaborations

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