Research on Structural Holes: An Assessment on Measurement Issues
| Autor: | Laurence Saglietto, Delphine David, Cécile Cézanne |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Groupe de Recherche en Droit, Economie et Gestion (GREDEG), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, GFI, ANR-15-IDEX-0001,UCA JEDI,Idex UCA JEDI(2015) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Economics and Econometrics 050208 finance Operationalization Bibliometric analysis Social network business.industry 05 social sciences Network structure decision-making [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance Data science bibliometric analysis JEL: D - Microeconomics/D.D8 - Information Knowledge and Uncertainty/D.D8.D85 - Network Formation and Analysis: Theory Structural holes 0502 economics and business Economics JEL: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods/C.C8 - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology • Computer Programs/C.C8.C83 - Survey Methods • Sampling Methods [SHS.GESTION]Humanities and Social Sciences/Business administration social network 050207 economics social capital theory business Social capital |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Economic Surveys Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley, 2020, 34 (3), pp.572-593 |
| ISSN: | 0950-0804 1467-6419 |
| Popis: | International audience; Social capital theory generally analyzes network structures by focusing on the connections between players. Yet, several authors suggest that the absence of relations in a network, known as "structural holes", is meaningful. The aim of this paper is to provide an exhaustive survey of the academic research dedicated to the study of structural holes and to develop a precise undertsanding of its main measurements. Based on a bibliometric approach, we identify a typology of practices, developments, and issues related to structural holes. We highlight a set of articles on the operationalization of structural holes and discuss the various measures they propose. We provide numerical examples emphasizing the respective advantages and limitations of the studied measures. Based on these results, we suggest a guide on how to use existing measures of structural holes according to the type of network, i.e. in simple and complex networks. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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