Centrality advantage and the creation of distant ties by peripheral firms in vertical networks

Hitoshi Mitsuhashi; Lailani Laynesa Alcantara; Jung Won Min

doi:10.5465/ambpp.2009.44243472

Centrality advantage and the creation of distant ties by peripheral firms in vertical networks

Hitoshi Mitsuhashi^*, Lailani Laynesa Alcantara, Jung Won Min

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The notion of centrality advantage in network evolution claims that well-connected firms have an advantage in tie creation. Using data from the Japanese automobile industry, this study articulates why the rich get richer in vertical networks and examines how peripheral producers in vertical networks create new distant ties regardless of the disadvantage caused by being peripheral. We find that peripheral producers create distant ties when they enter markets entered by other producers with high centrality and when they have ties with buyers that have higher structural equivalence with other buyers.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2009.44243472
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	69th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2009 - Chicago, IL, United States Duration: 2009 Aug 7 → 2009 Aug 11

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Conference	69th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago, IL
Period	09/8/7 → 09/8/11

Keywords

Centrality advantage
Network evolution
Vertical network

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Industrial relations
Management Information Systems
Management of Technology and Innovation

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Centrality advantage and the creation of distant ties by peripheral firms in vertical networks

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