Transcript SOC 8311 Basic Social Statistics

Strategic Alliance Networks in
the Global Information Sector
David Knoke
Department of Sociology
University of Minnesota
Social Networks and Cyberinfrastructure Workshop
University of Illinois, November 3-5, 2005
Global Information Sector
Basic network concepts can help to explain the evolution of the
strategic alliance network in the Global Information Sector (GIS).
This sector increased collaborative agreements exponentially
1989-2000, creating a complex web of overlapping partnerships.
 Five NAICS info subsectors (publishing; motion pictures & sound
recording; broadcasting & telecomms; info services & data processing)
plus computer, telecomm, semiconductor manufacturing industries
 145 multinational corporations: 66% USA, 16% Europe, 15% Asia
 Alliance & venture announcements in news media from 1989 to 2000
 Total of 3,569 alliances involving two or more GIS organizations
Next two figures show mean strategic alliances among 30 most-active
firms & MDS distances/clusters on dyads’ # of annual partnerships.
By 2000, Japanese firms were more likely to form new
strategic alliances among themselves, but what problems
may emerge from their increasingly inward turn?
GIS Core Alliances in the Triad
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5
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2
YR91
1
YR95
YR00
0
USA
Europe
Japan
Europe-USA
USA-Japan
Japan-Europe
2000 GIS (MDS stress = 0.137)
2.0
BS
1.5
BT
1.0
TI
ATT
FT
BCE
.5
MOTOROLA
AOL
ERICSSON
PHILIPS
0.0
NOVELL
SUN CISCO
MATSUSHITA
MICROSOFT
IBM
NTT
HP
TOSHIBA
SONY
INTEL
HITACHI
-.5
FUJITSU
ORACLE
COMPAQ
APPLE
NEC
MITSUBISHI
-1.0
SIEMENS
SAMSUNG
-1.5
-2.0
-1.5
-1.0
-.5
0.0
.5
1.0
1.5
2.0