doi: 10.4304/jsw.6.9.1737-1745
A Network Analysis of Investment Firms as Resource Routers in Chinese Innovation Ecosystem
- 1 University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
- 2 Beijing DT Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
- 3 Hypermedia Lab, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
- 4 Media X, Stanford University, USA
Abstract
This paper introduces the use of social network analysis for socially constructed data to study interorganizational systems of innovation and their value-add supply chain. Through social network analysis, we explore the structure of relationships among Chinese technologybased 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 framework and socially constructed data in English to describe a Euro-American perspective on innovation ecosystems that link China globally. Our network analysis shows patterns of cultivation and harvest in investment networks.
Keywords
- innovation
- ecosystems
- network analysis
How to Cite
Neil Rubens, Kaisa Still, Jukka Huhtamaki, and Martha G. Russell, "A Network Analysis of Investment Firms as Resource Routers in Chinese Innovation Ecosystem," Journal of Software, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 1737-1745, 2011. https://doi.org/ 10.4304/jsw.6.9.1737-1745
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Copyright © 2011 by the authors. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited (CC BY 4.0).