Organizational survival in cooperation networks: The case of automobile manufacturing

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2006

Authors

campos, p (Author) FEP; brazdil, p (Author) FEP; brito, p (Author) FEP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Network-Centric Collaboration and Supporting Frameworks

Pages: 77-84

7th Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises

Helsinki, FINLAND, SEP 25-27, 2006

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 2 Citations

Scopus - 1 Citation

Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-QCX

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-38269-2_8

Abstract (EN): We propose a Multi-Agent framework to analyze the dynamics of organizational survival in cooperation networks. Firms can decide to cooperate horizontally (in the same market) or vertically with other firms that belong to the supply chain. Cooperation decisions are based on economic variables. We have defined a variant of the density dependence model to set up the dynamics of the survival in the simulation. To validate our model, we have used empirical outputs obtained in previous studies from the automobile manufacturing sector. We have observed that firms and networks proliferate in the regions with lower marginal costs, but new networks keep appearing and disappearing in regions with higher marginal costs.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8