Complexity and Emergence on Regional Innovation Systems: Applying an agent based methodology on the Sonoran biotech sector

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Published: May 22, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.1987
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Social Network Analysis Agent-Based Modeling NetLogo Regional Innovation Systems Sonora.

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María Socorro Arvizu Arvizu
El Colegio de Sonora
Álvaro Bracamonte Sierra
El Colegio de Sonora

Abstract

Using a dataset gathered through a small sample of biotech firms in the Sonora region, we explore concepts of emergency and complexity inside a RIS (Regional Innovation System), in a development stage through the evolutionary microeconomics framework. For this, we explored the implementation of an ABS (Agent Based System) coded in the NetLogo platform, in which we simulated the behavior of firms in network behavior for the cooperation in the exchange of knowledge and new product development. We found this methodology highly useful for predictive analysis of possible courses of network behavior among different types of firms, as well as future performance of the system. Moreover, the coalescence and modulation of key economic variables for a RIS in development stages in nonlinear systems is an extraordinary and relatively unexplored tool for the study of Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) in developing countries.

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Arvizu Arvizu, M. S., & Bracamonte Sierra, Álvaro. (2020). Complexity and Emergence on Regional Innovation Systems: Applying an agent based methodology on the Sonoran biotech sector. Frontera Norte, 32. https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.1987
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Author Biographies

María Socorro Arvizu Arvizu, El Colegio de Sonora

Licenciada en Informática por el Instituto Tecnológico de Hermosillo, Maestra en Ciencias por el Colegio de Sonora, Candidata a doctora por el Colegio de Sonora, dentro de la línea de investigación de Globalización y Territorios.

Álvaro Bracamonte Sierra, El Colegio de Sonora

Doctor en Ciencias Económicas por Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. Profesor investigador de El Colegio de Sonora.

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