Toward agent based models of the development and evolution of business relations and networks

Ian F. Wilkinson, Robert E. Marks, Louise C. Young, Yaneer Bar-Yam

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[Firms achieve competitive advantage in part through the development of cooperative relations with other firms and organisations. We describe a program of research designed to map and model the development of cooperative inter-firm relations, including the processes and paths by which firms may evolve from adversarial to more cooperative relations. Narrative event history methods are used to develop stylised histories of business relations in various contexts and to identify relevant causal mechanisms to be included in the agent-based models of relationship and network evolution. The relationship histories provide the means of calibrating and testing the agent-based models developed.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of 6th International Conference on Complex Systems (ICCS), held in Boston, MA., 25-30 June, 2006
    PublisherNew England Institute for the Study of Complexity
    Number of pages1
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    EventInternational Conference on Complex Systems -
    Duration: 1 Jan 2008 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Complex Systems
    Period1/01/08 → …

    Keywords

    • business enterprises
    • business networks
    • relationships
    • evolution
    • multiagent systems

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