Knowledge Integration and Network Formation
The author highlights how inter-firm collaboration networks are influenced by the knowledge composition of goods in an industry. The results reveal that, knowledge regime significantly influences the network structure, and interaction among firms is very intensive when the products are specialized but also have common knowledge among them.
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