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Robin Cowan
Researcher at University of Strasbourg
Publications - 146
Citations - 7275
Robin Cowan is an academic researcher from University of Strasbourg. The author has contributed to research in topics: Network formation & Consumption (economics). The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 143 publications receiving 6885 citations. Previous affiliations of Robin Cowan include University of Western Ontario & Institut Universitaire de France.
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The explicit economics of knowledge codification and tacitness
TL;DR: The skeptical economist's guide to "tacit knowledge" as discussed by the authors proposes a more coherent re-conceptualization of these aspects of knowledge production and distribution activities for science, technological innovation and long-run economic growth.
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Network structure and the diffusion of knowledge
Robin Cowan,Nicolas Jonard +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors model knowledge diffusion as a barter process in which agents exchange different types of knowledge and examine the relationship between network architecture and diffusion performance, finding that the steady-state level of average knowledge is maximal when the structure is a small world (that is, when most connections are local, but roughly 10 percent of them are long distance).
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The Economics of Codification and the Diffusion of Knowledge
Robin Cowan,Dominique Foray +1 more
TL;DR: The process by which knowledge or information evolves and spreads through the economy evolves changing its nature between tacit and codified forms The process of codification includes three aspects: model building, language creation and the writing of messages as mentioned in this paper.
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Nuclear Power Reactors: A Study in Technological Lock-in
TL;DR: The history of nuclear power technology is used to illustrate these results as mentioned in this paper, and light water is considered inferior to other technologies, yet it dominates the market for power reactors, largely due to the early adoption and heavy development by the U.S. Navy of light water for submarine propulsion.
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Sprayed to Death: Path Dependence, Lock-in and Pest Control Strategies
Robin Cowan,Philip Gunby +1 more
TL;DR: Theoretical literature on the economics of technology has emphasized the effects on technological trajectories of positive feedbacks as mentioned in this paper, and the presence of increasing returns to adoptions can force all but one technology from the market.