“History Friendly” Models of Industrial Evolution

The Crystal Cycle and Co-evolution of Demand and Technology: a “History-friendly” Model of the TFT-LCD Industry

The paper aims at building a history-friendly model which replicates the history of the Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) industry focusing the crystal cycle and co-evolution of demand, technology and industrial structure. The most interesting characteristic of the TFT-LCD industry is the cyclical behavior of the price and investments. The model is distinctive compared to ex...

Firm Capabilities and Competition and Industrial Policies in a "history Friendly" Model of the Evolution of the Computer Industry

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The model presented in this paper is the first of a new generation of evolutionary economic models: ‘history-friendly’ models. History-friendly models are formal models that aim to capture, in stylized form, qualitative and ‘appreciative’ theories about the mechanisms and factors affecting industry evolution, technological advance and institutional change put forth by empirical scholars of indu...

Evolution and modeling in sustainable supply chain management research

Numerous researchers and practitioners are attracted to sustainability in supply chains (SCS) and it has become one of the favorite topics among academics and industries. The purpose of this paper is to review and analyze the research studies that have been published in the field of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). A total 242 articles published between 2000 and 2019 reviewed. Conten...

Validating agent-based marketing models through conjoint analysis

Agent-based modelers in the field of marketing research have paid little attention to validation issues. This paper provides a definition of validation relevant for this community of modelers. On the basis of a history-friendly model for simulation calibration [Malerba, F., Nelson, R., Orsenigo, L., and Winter, S. (1999). ‘History-friendly’ models of industry evolution: the computer industry. I...