An analysis of structure importance in Mazda's Keiretsu

S. Tagawa, R. Takida, T. Ito, R. Mehta, H. Hasama, M. Sakamoto

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Abstract

Centrality is one of the effective indices to measure organizational structure. Freeman once proposed a set of centrality indices including degree, closeness, and betweenness. However, Ito discussed the implications of centrality, and found that differences exist even when the centrality is same. In this paper, the authors collected the data of transactions and cross shareholdings from Mazda's Keiretsu Yokokai, and calculated the structural importance based on the new method, so-called SNW model. Furthermore, the authors discussed the implication based on the results of correlation coefficient between the SNW results and corporate performance such as sales and profits. This paper provides a new perspective to discover the structural importance of the network organizations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, AROB 16th'11
Pages178-182
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 2011
Event16th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, AROB '11 - Beppu, Oita, Japan
Duration: Jan 27 2011Jan 29 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, AROB 16th'11

Other

Other16th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, AROB '11
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityBeppu, Oita
Period1/27/111/29/11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Human-Computer Interaction

Keywords

  • Betweenness
  • Closeness
  • Cross shareholdings
  • Degree
  • Keiretsu
  • Transaction

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