Representation of unlearning in the innovation systems: A proposal from agent-based modeling

• Autores: Santiago Quintero Ramírez, Walter Lugo Ruiz Castañeda, Jorge Robledo Velásquez
• Localización: Estudios Gerenciales: Journal of Management and Economics for Iberoamerica, ISSN 0123-5923, Vol. 33, Nº. 145, 2017, págs. 366-376
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1016/j.estger.2017.11.003
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Representación del des-aprendizaje en los sistemas de innovación:: una propuesta desde la modelación basada en agentes
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  • español

    En el presente trabajo se entiende el desaprendizaje como el esfuerzo voluntario que las firmas realizanpara abandonar las capacidades que ya no son necesarias para competir en un sistema de innovación. Elmodelar y simular el desaprendizaje, permite conocer comportamientos emergentes producto no solodel aprendizaje, sino también del desaprendizaje de los agentes al intentar adaptarse a otros agentes y asu entorno competitivo. El objetivo de este trabajo es representar y analizar el desaprendizaje desde lametodología de la modelación basada en agentes. Como conclusión se obtuvo un modelo que representael desaprendizaje como una variación negativa en la acumulación de las capacidades, que de acuerdo asu velocidad, tiene diferente incidencia en el desempe˜no del sistema de innovación.

  • English

    In the present work it is understood the unlearning as the voluntary effort made by firms to abandon the capacities that are not necessary to compete in an innovation system. Modeling and simulating unlearning makes it possible to know emerging behaviors resulting not only from learning, but also from agents unlearning who try to adapt to other agents and the competitive environment. The objective of this work is to represent and analyze the unlearning from the agent-based methodology. As conclusion, a model representing unlearning as a negative variation in capacities accumulation was obtained, which according to its speed, has a different impact on the performance of the innovation system.

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