Cooperation and Competition in Development Regions

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Cooperation and Competition in Development Regions

• Andac Arikan
• Hans-Peter Brunner
• Jeroen Struben

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Research Question

• Countries or regions sometimes intend to attract
  companies to stimulate and develop their
  local-economy
• How do different local and non-local companies
  interact with each other and with their
  environment what are parameters of interest for
  understanding spatial dynamics, patterns of
  emergence and stability?

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Modeling Approach

• Highly stylized CA model (400 cells) - main
  characteristics
• Entities A (non-locals) B (locals)
• States of cells (A, B, XEmpty)
• Regional influence NN /- Feedback through
  activation or inhibition (JAA, JAB, JBA, JBB)
• Non-homogeneity in regional attractiveness (HH,
  HM, HL, H0)

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Basic Concept
JAA JAB JBA JBB HH HM HL HO
-1 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0

• Part of total equation projected
• Forces acting on non-local corporations

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Base-case intratype competition no cooperation
JAA JAB JBA JBB HH HM HL HO
-1 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0

• Typical behavior
• Disordered patterns of isolated corporations
• Stability

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Intertype cooperation and intratype competition
JAA JAB JBA JBB HH HM HL HO
-1 4 1 -4 0 0 0 0

• Local stability surrounded by strongly
  oscillating regions
• Note artifact of 1 timescale

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Intertype cooperation and local competition

• Typical behavior
• Emergence of clusters (embedded non-local
  corporations), mainly at boundary
• Stability
• Initial conditions matter (especially in terms of
  abundance of local corporations!)

JAA JAB JBA JBB HH HM HL HO
1 4 1 -3 0 0 0 0
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Intertype cooperation and local competition in a
development region

• Typical behavior
• Emergence of a large development cluster
  (embedded non-local corporations)
• Stability

JAA JAB JBA JBB HH HM HL HO
3 1 1 -3 1 0 0 0
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Intratype cooperation and intertype competition

• Typical behavior
• Emergence isolated and separated islands of types
• Stability

JAA JAB JBA JBB HH HM HL HO
2 -1 -1 2 0 0 0 0
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Intratype cooperation and intertype competition,
in asymmetric landscape

• Typical behavior
• Emergence of a interaction patterns in attractive
  region, followed by strict separation in less
  attractive region
• Stability

JAA JAB JBA JBB HH HM HL HO
2 -1 -1 2 1 0 0 0