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Simple models of firms emergence

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  • Weisbuch, Gérard
  • Mangalagiu, Diana
  • Ben-Av, Radel
  • Solomon, Sorin

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We present a dynamical model of the emergence of firms as opposed to a flat labour market where entrepreneurs would recruit workers for each business opportunity. The model uses a preferential choice of partners based on previous collaborations experience. A sharp transition in the parameter space separates an ordered regime, where preferential links establish, from a disordered regime corresponding to a fast turnover of employees.

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  • Weisbuch, Gérard & Mangalagiu, Diana & Ben-Av, Radel & Solomon, Sorin, 2008. "Simple models of firms emergence," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 387(21), pages 5231-5238.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:387:y:2008:i:21:p:5231-5238
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.05.032
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