Firms and networks; September 18

Organizer Gérard Weisbuch

Firms and networks of firms organized in industrial branches are obviously complex systems which have been studied in industrial economics, geographical economics, business, and management sciences. The complex system approaches, especially network formalisms, are well-adapted to the many questions that arise such as how firms emerge, what is the dynamics of their development, how industries are organised in firms networks, what are individual firms strategies in terms of connecting to other firms or competing on the market.

This one day session should attract specialists from different horizons, complex systems scientists as well as economists or management scientists.

Morning Session

• Invited Talk; Mauro Gallegati

• Conflict in network organizations – Structural response to dynamics of divergent actions and interests; Marta Kacprzyk and Andrzej Nowak, Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw

• A simple model of firms emergence; Radel Ben-Av, Diana Mangalagiu, Sorin Solomon and Gérard Weisbuch, Jerusalem, ISI Torino and Paris

• Production networks and geographical economics; David Bree, Samir HAMICHI, Diana Mangalagiu and Gérard Weisbuch ISI Torino and Paris

Afternoon talks

• Large-scale structure of a nation-wide production network and chain of bankruptcy; Yoshi Fujiwara, NiCT/ATR CIS , Japan

• Venture Capitalists - Start-Up networks; David Mas, Annick Vignes and Gérard Weisbuch (Paris2 and ENS)

• Agglomeration Economies and Network Economies : Interaction levels between Cities systems and Global value chains; Céline Rozenblat, Geography, University of Lausanne