The smart card firms' network positions : a social network analysis
By: M'CHIRGUI, Zouhaier
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ArticlePublisher: Oxford, UK : Elsevier, February 2007European Management Journal 25, 1, p. 36-49Abstract: Based on a social network analysis, as a methodology that can be used to analyze the relationships among people, as well as a proprietary database built by ourselves on inter-firm agreements formed in the smart card industry, this paper analyses the role and the influence of particular firms on the formation of inter-firm partnerships in this industry over the period 19972003. These inter-firm partnerships lead to the development of networks in which smart card incumbents as well as large financial providers are the central players and take a leading role in their formation
Based on a social network analysis, as a methodology that can be used to analyze the relationships among people, as well as a proprietary database built by ourselves on inter-firm agreements formed in the smart card industry, this paper analyses the role and the influence of particular firms on the formation of inter-firm partnerships in this industry over the period 19972003. These inter-firm partnerships lead to the development of networks in which smart card incumbents as well as large financial providers are the central players and take a leading role in their formation
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