Journal of Software, Vol 6, No 9 (2011), 1737-1745, Sep 2011
doi:10.4304/jsw.6.9.1737-1745

A Network Analysis of Investment Firms as Resource Routers in Chinese Innovation Ecosystem

Neil Rubens, Kaisa Still, Jukka Huhtamaki, Martha G. Russell

Abstract


This paper introduces the use of social network analysis for socially constructed data to study inter-organizational systems of innovation and their value-add supply chain. Through social network analysis, we explore the structure of relationships among Chinese technology-based companies, foreign technology- based companies with Chinese locations, Chinese investment firms, and foreign firms investing in Chinese companies – with particular attention to the business sectors related to e-commerce and internet security. We use an organizational sociology frame- work and socially constructed data in English to describe a Euro- American perspective on innovation ecosystems that link China globally.


Keywords


innovation; ecosystems; network; analysis; china;

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