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Can we Drop Internal Selection in the Evolutionary Analysis of the Firm?

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  • Jacoby, Nadia

    (Université Paris 1, Panthéon Sorbonne)

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Evolutionary approaches of the firm devote a part of their analysis to firm's behaviour and to some processes acting inside the firm; however the firm's internal working is, most of the time, not deeply analyzed. In this perspective, this paper tempts to discover if "we can drop internal selection in the evolutionary analysis of the firm". In order to answer to this question, we propose a micro-simulation model of internal selection where firms are engaged in production and R&D activities. They carry out two kinds of R&D and do not run any imitation process. Internal selection acts on R&D projects and we measure the impact of the selection mechanism on the firms' performances. The model generates persistent differentiation between firms according to their internal selection process.

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  • Jacoby, Nadia, 2005. "Can we Drop Internal Selection in the Evolutionary Analysis of the Firm?," European Journal of Economic and Social Systems, Lavoisier, vol. 18(2), pages 233-253.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:ejessy:0115
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    Keywords

    Innovation; Internal Selection; Market Dynamics; R&D; Technological Performance;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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