TY  - CHAP
ID  - publications26571
UR  - https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/26571/
A1  - Berro, Alain
A1  - Leroux, Isabelle
N2  - This chapter introduces artificial life as a mean of exploring strategic relations dynamics between firms and local authorities within a local biotechnology cluster. It argues that artificial life, combined with a conception of bioclusters as complex adaptative systems, offers a significant approach to understanding the co-evolution of strategies and the potential vulnerability of such systems. The simulation model involves firms and local government administrations which negotiate to share a quasi-rent, and which, to this end, use strategies which are to a greater or lesser extent sophisticated or opportunistic. The results show that the firms adjust their bargaining strategies according to their assessment of gains which might be collectively generated. The results also bring to light that the local authorities play a regulatory role against opportunism and that they are the key players in local coordination. Stemming from these simulations, the authors develop new promising avenues of theoretical and empirical research.
ED  - Rennard, Jean-Philippe
M1  - I
TI  - A simulation of strategic bargaining within biotechnology clusters
AV  - none
EP  - 351
Y1  - 2006///
PB  - Information Science Reference
KW  - cluster
KW  - biotechnology
KW  - strategic bargainings
KW  - complex adaptative system
KW  - artificial life
KW  - firms
KW  - local authorities
SN  - 978-1591409847
SP  - 335
T2  - Handbook of Research on Nature Inspired Computing for Economics and Management
ER  -