into weaker forms of collaborations including value chains and networks. This observation has forced are … in supply chains and networks. The paper offers suggestions on empirical methods forestimation of measures derived. …

integration.Networks, alliances, mergers and so forth seek to improve market efficiency, explore the benefits of economies of …

We analyze the formation of partnerships in social networks. Players need favors at random times and ask their …

This paper analyzes the formation of directed networks where self-interested individuals choose with whom they … networks that are efficient from a societal viewpoint. It is shown that for some contexts, to reconcile efficiency with … contexts for which it is possible to ensure that efficient networks are individually stable via (re)distributions that are …

equilibrium networks as well as study the effects of network structure on individual behavior. Our analysis shows that both …

capacities for their networks, capacities on the private peering links, if they choose to peer privately, and access prices. The …, where we examine pairwise stable and efficient networks. While there are a large number of Subgame Perfect Nash Equilibria …

Since the seminal contribution of Jackson & Wolinsky 1996 [A Strategic Model of Social and Economic Networks, JET 71 …, 44-74] it has been widely acknowledged that the formation of social networks exhibits a general conflict between … results that relate situations of positive externalities with stable networks that cannot be "too dense" in a well …

We propose a new concept, the pairwise farsightedly stable set, in order to predict which networks may be formed among … farsighted players. A set of networks G is pairto a network outside G are deterred by the threat of ending worse off or equally …