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Coevolution between Suppliers and Users through an Evolutionary Modeling

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  • Saint-Jean, Maïder

    (Groupe de Recherche en Économie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA) (Research Group on Theoretical and Applied Economics) Université de Bordeaux (University of Bordeaux))

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The paper aims at exploring the co-evolutionary dynamics of two populations of firms that are interacting through vertical relationships using an original simulation model. Supplier-user interactions govern the R&D decisions of firms offering the product for sale, but also the requirement levels to which the industrial clients can pretend. This explicit modelling of supplier-user interactions comes to an endogenous determination of the attributes of the product. The objective is to examine the promoting or inhibiting effect of particular demand configuration on the patterns of innovation performed by suppliers in the industry. A significant application of this modelling in the question of environmental protection enables us to analyse the adaptation of the supply by firms facing a demand of environmental quality (regulation of polluting emissions, green pressure groups, etc.). We show different scenarios of market structures that emerge in the long run with different implications in terms of environmental and economic performances.

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  • Saint-Jean, Maïder, 2005. "Coevolution between Suppliers and Users through an Evolutionary Modeling," European Journal of Economic and Social Systems, Lavoisier, vol. 18(2), pages 255-284.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:ejessy:0116
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    1. Luca Salvati & Margherita Carlucci & Pere Serra & Ilaria Zambon, 2019. "Demographic Transitions and Socioeconomic Development in Italy, 1862–2009: A Brief Overview," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-12, January.
    2. Albert Faber & Koen Frenken, 2008. "Models in evolutionary economics and environmental policy: Towards an evolutionary environmental economics," Innovation Studies Utrecht (ISU) working paper series 08-15, Utrecht University, Department of Innovation Studies, revised Apr 2008.
    3. Vanessa OLTRA & Maïder SAINT JEAN, 2009. "Environmental Innovations and Industrial Dynamics (In French)," Cahiers du GREThA (2007-2019) 2009-22, Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA).

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    Keywords

    Supplier-user Interactions; Evolutionary Modelling; Environmental Innovations; Industrial Dynamics;
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    JEL classification:

    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
    • Q21 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Demand and Supply; Prices

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