Methodological Advances in the Analysis of Bipartite Networks: An Illustration Using Board Interlocks in Indian Firms

Organizational Research Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 474-496

  Piepenbrink, Anke ^a   Gaur, Ajai S ^b  

^a ADA UNIVERSITY   (Azerbaijan)

^b RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

bipartite networks; clustering coefficient; nestedness; small world; weighted networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878768318     PISSN: 10944281     EISSN: 15527425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1094428113478838     Document Type: Article

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