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cord-027304-a0vva8kb	Achermann, Guillem	An Information-Theoretic and Dissipative Systems Approach to the Study of Knowledge Diffusion and Emerging Complexity in Innovation Systems	2020-05-23		.txt	text/plain	5205	215	40	By modelling, on one hand, cognitive distance as noise, and, on the other hand, the inefficiencies linked to a bad flow of information as costs, we propose a model of the dynamics by which a horizontal network evolves into a hierarchical network, with some members emerging as intermediaries in the transfer of knowledge between seekers and problem-solvers. Our contribution to the theoretical understanding on the self-organising properties of innovation systems is that, by framing the problem of heterogeneous cognitive distance between organisations under the theory of dissipative systems, we can explain in thermodynamically efficient terms the reduction in entropy of an innovation system, as an emergent adaptation aimed at reducing costs of maintenance of the system's structure.	./cache/cord-027304-a0vva8kb.txt	./txt/cord-027304-a0vva8kb.txt