The Beneficial Role of Mobility for the Emergence of Innovation

Abstract Innovation is a key ingredient for the evolution of several systems, including social and biological ones. Focused investigations and lateral thinking may lead to innovation, as well as serendipity and other random discovery processes. Some individuals are talented at proposing innovation (...

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Autores principales:	Giuliano Armano, Marco Alberto Javarone
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2017
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:08c8d7fa6bb0491f87be9c6552c0ed822021-12-02T11:40:51ZThe Beneficial Role of Mobility for the Emergence of Innovation10.1038/s41598-017-01955-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/08c8d7fa6bb0491f87be9c6552c0ed822017-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01955-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Innovation is a key ingredient for the evolution of several systems, including social and biological ones. Focused investigations and lateral thinking may lead to innovation, as well as serendipity and other random discovery processes. Some individuals are talented at proposing innovation (say innovators), while others at deeply exploring proposed novelties, at getting further insights on a theory, or at developing products, services, and so on (say developers). This separation in terms of innovators and developers raises an issue of paramount importance: under which conditions a system is able to maintain innovators? According to a simple model, this work investigates the evolutionary dynamics that characterize the emergence of innovation. In particular, we consider a population of innovators and developers, in which agents form small groups whose composition is crucial for their payoff. The latter depends on the heterogeneity of the formed groups, on the amount of innovators they include, and on an award-factor that represents the policy of the system for promoting innovation. Under the hypothesis that a “mobility” effect may support the emergence of innovation, we compare the equilibria reached by our population in different cases. Results confirm the beneficial role of “mobility”, and the emergence of further interesting phenomena.Giuliano ArmanoMarco Alberto JavaroneNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Giuliano Armano Marco Alberto Javarone The Beneficial Role of Mobility for the Emergence of Innovation
description	Abstract Innovation is a key ingredient for the evolution of several systems, including social and biological ones. Focused investigations and lateral thinking may lead to innovation, as well as serendipity and other random discovery processes. Some individuals are talented at proposing innovation (say innovators), while others at deeply exploring proposed novelties, at getting further insights on a theory, or at developing products, services, and so on (say developers). This separation in terms of innovators and developers raises an issue of paramount importance: under which conditions a system is able to maintain innovators? According to a simple model, this work investigates the evolutionary dynamics that characterize the emergence of innovation. In particular, we consider a population of innovators and developers, in which agents form small groups whose composition is crucial for their payoff. The latter depends on the heterogeneity of the formed groups, on the amount of innovators they include, and on an award-factor that represents the policy of the system for promoting innovation. Under the hypothesis that a “mobility” effect may support the emergence of innovation, we compare the equilibria reached by our population in different cases. Results confirm the beneficial role of “mobility”, and the emergence of further interesting phenomena.
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