Social Network Mixing Patterns In Mergers & Acquisitions - A Simulation Experiment
In the contemporary world of global business and continuously growing competition, organizations tend to use mergers and acquisitions to enforce their position on the market. The future organization’s design is a critical success factor in such undertakings. The field of social network analysis can...
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| description | In the contemporary world of global business and continuously growing competition, organizations tend to use mergers and acquisitions to enforce their position on the market. The future organization’s design is a critical success factor in such undertakings. The field of social network analysis can enhance our uderstanding of these processes as it lets us reason about the development of networks, regardless of their origin. The analysis of mixing patterns is particularly useful as it provides an insight into how nodes in a network connect with each other. We hypothesize that organizational networks with compatible mixing patterns will be integrated more successfully. After conducting a simulation experiment, we suggest an integration model based on the analysis of network assortativity. The model can be a guideline for organizational integration, such as occurs in mergers and acquisitions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d32d1314e7d404cb96adb1c146c972a2022-12-22T00:25:47ZengSciendoBusiness Systems Research1847-83441847-93752011-01-01213644Social Network Mixing Patterns In Mergers & Acquisitions - A Simulation ExperimentRobert FabacMarkus SchattenTomislav ĐuričinIn the contemporary world of global business and continuously growing competition, organizations tend to use mergers and acquisitions to enforce their position on the market. The future organization’s design is a critical success factor in such undertakings. The field of social network analysis can enhance our uderstanding of these processes as it lets us reason about the development of networks, regardless of their origin. The analysis of mixing patterns is particularly useful as it provides an insight into how nodes in a network connect with each other. We hypothesize that organizational networks with compatible mixing patterns will be integrated more successfully. After conducting a simulation experiment, we suggest an integration model based on the analysis of network assortativity. The model can be a guideline for organizational integration, such as occurs in mergers and acquisitions.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bsrj.2011.2.issue-1/v10305-012-0018-9/v10305-012-0018-9.xml?format=INTmergers & acquisitionsocial network analysismixing patternsassortativityorganizational design |
| spellingShingle | Robert Fabac Markus Schatten Tomislav Đuričin Social Network Mixing Patterns In Mergers & Acquisitions - A Simulation Experiment Business Systems Research mergers & acquisition social network analysis mixing patterns assortativity organizational design |
| title | Social Network Mixing Patterns In Mergers & Acquisitions - A Simulation Experiment |
| title_full | Social Network Mixing Patterns In Mergers & Acquisitions - A Simulation Experiment |
| title_fullStr | Social Network Mixing Patterns In Mergers & Acquisitions - A Simulation Experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Network Mixing Patterns In Mergers & Acquisitions - A Simulation Experiment |
| title_short | Social Network Mixing Patterns In Mergers & Acquisitions - A Simulation Experiment |
| title_sort | social network mixing patterns in mergers acquisitions a simulation experiment |
| topic | mergers & acquisition social network analysis mixing patterns assortativity organizational design |
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