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University effects on regional innovation

by Cowan, Robin Zinovyeva, Natalia Published in Research policy (01.04.2013)

“...► We study empirically the effect of universities on industrial innovation activity. ► New universities increase the innovative activity of local industry. ►...”

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Emergent structures in faculty hiring networks, and the effects of mobility on academic performance

by Cowan, Robin Rossello, Giulia Published in Scientometrics (01.10.2018)

“...This paper is about the south african job market for ph.ds. Ph.d. To first job mobility involves the preferences of both the hiring institution and the...”

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Bilateral Collaboration and the Emergence of Innovation Networks

by Cowan, Robin Jonard, Nicolas Zimmermann, Jean-Benoit Published in Management science (01.07.2007)

“...In this paper, we model the formation of innovation networks as they emerge from bilateral decisions. In contrast to much of the literature, here firms only...”

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Network structure and the diffusion of knowledge

by Cowan, Robin Jonard, Nicolas Published in Journal of economic dynamics & control (2004)

“...This paper models knowledge diffusion as a barter process in which agents exchange different types of knowledge. This is intended to capture the observed...”

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Knowledge Portfolios and the Organization of Innovation Networks

by Robin Cowan Nicolas Jonard Published in The Academy of Management review (01.04.2009)

“...Properties of strategic alliance networks, such as small world structures, skewed link distributions, and patterns of repeated tie occurrences, are often...”

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Network-Independent Partner Selection and the Evolution of Innovation Networks

by Joel A. C. Baum Robin Cowan Nicolas Jonard Published in Management science (01.11.2010)

“...Empirical research on strategic alliances has focused on the idea that partners are selected on the basis of social capital considerations. In this paper we...”

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WEAK LINKS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF REPUTATIONAL INTERDEPENDENCIES

by EMMANUELLE FAUCHART ROBIN COWAN Published in Strategic management journal (01.04.2014)

“...This paper builds on a growing literature that takes into account the fact that firms in an industry may be interdependent with regard to their corporate...”

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The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness

by Cowan, R Published in Industrial and corporate change (01.06.2000)

“...May 1999 This paper has been prepared under the EC TSER Programme's TIPIK Project, for presentation to the 3 rd TIPIK Workshop held in Strasbourg, at BETA,...”

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DOES EVIDENCE OF NETWORK EFFECTS ON FIRM PERFORMANCE IN POOLED CROSS-SECTION SUPPORT PRESCRIPTIONS FOR NETWORK STRATEGY?

by JOEL A. C. BAUM ROBIN COWAN NICOLAS JONARD Published in Strategic management journal (01.05.2014)

“...Strategic prescriptions drawn from pooled cross-sectional evidence of firm performance effects are not necessarily warranted. This is because firm...”

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Productivity effects of innovation, stress and social relations

by Cowan, Robin Sanditov, Bulat Weehuizen, Rifka Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.08.2011)

“...► We model innovation and growth when innovation–induced stress affects productivity. ► Agents' stress levels spills over and are buffered through inter-agent...”

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Expert systems: aspects of and limitations to the codifiability of knowledge

by Cowan, Robin Published in Research policy (2001)

“...The creation of expert systems is one way in which knowledge is codified. In creating an expert system, in general there are three aspects to the codification...”

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Showing or telling? Local interaction and organization of behavior

by Babutsidze, Zakaria Babutsidze, Zakaria Cowan, Robin Cowan, Robin Published in Journal of economic interaction and coordination (01.10.2014)

“...We present a choice model based on agent interaction. Interaction is modeled as face-to-face communication that takes place on a regular periodic lattice with...”

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Sprayed to Death: Path Dependence, Lock-in and Pest Control Strategies

by Robin Cowan Philip Gunby Published in The Economic journal (London) (01.05.1996)

“...Theoretical literature on the economics of technology has emphasised the effects on technological trajectories of positive feedbacks. In a competition among...”

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Merit, approbation and the evolution of social structure

by Cowan, Robin Jonard, Nicolas Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (2007)

“...We examine a society in which individuals gain utility from income and social approbation. Approbation is given to an unobservable trait, signalled through...”

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Nuclear Power Reactors: A Study in Technological Lock-in

by Cowan, Robin Published in The Journal of economic history (01.09.1990)

“...Recent theory has predicted that if competing technologies operate under dynamic increasing returns, one, possibly inferior, technology will dominate the...”

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Evolutionary Economics and the Counterfactual Threat: On the nature and role of counterfactual history as an empirical tool in economics

by Cowan, R Foray, D Published in Journal of evolutionary economics (01.01.2002)

“...Counterfactual conditional statements are ubiquitous in any scientific endeavour. This paper contains an analysis of the nature of counterfactual conditionals...”

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Self-efficacy beliefs and imitation: A two-armed bandit experiment

by Innocenti, Stefania Cowan, Robin Published in European economic review (01.04.2019)

“...It is generally believed that individuals imitate others to gain status, minimise regret or simply ameliorate their performance. Psychology provides a...”

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