Collaboration networks in a French cluster: do partners really interact with each other?

Bastien Bernela (1) , Rachel Levy (2)

1 CRIEF [Poitiers] - Centre de recherche sur l'intégration économique et financière
2 LEREPS - Laboratoire d'Etude et de Recherche sur l'Economie, les Politiques et les Systèmes Sociaux

We discuss the common hypothesis that, in collaborative projects, all partners interact with each other in homogeneous ways. More precisely, this research aims to determine the existence and frequency of Partner interactions in a collaborative project. From a survey of participants involved in innovation projects approved by a cluster, we collect information about 754 collaboration ties. We then test the impact of several determinants on the existence and frequency of their observed interactions.

Mots clés: Collaboration tie; interaction; inter-organizational networks; cluster; complete graph

Domaines: Economies et finances

Bastien Bernela, Rachel Levy. Collaboration networks in a French cluster: do partners really interact with each other?. 2014. ⟨hal-00995175⟩