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Microscopic Dynamics and Macroscopic Structures in a Large-Scale Distributed Supply Network. Serguei Saavedra, Janet Efstathiou, FRT (Oxford) Brian Uzzi (Northwestern). EIASM Workshop on Complexity and Management, Oxford, 19-20 June 2006. NY Garment Industry.
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Microscopic Dynamics and Macroscopic Structures in a Large-Scale Distributed Supply Network Serguei Saavedra, Janet Efstathiou, FRT (Oxford) Brian Uzzi (Northwestern) EIASM Workshop on Complexity and Management, Oxford, 19-20 June 2006
NY Garment Industry Uzzi (1996), American Sociological Review61, 674-698 Uzzi (1997), Administrative Science Quarterly 42, 35-67.
Supply Network BUYER/CONSUMER BATH PRODUCTION NETWORK Resource Resource Resource Resource RESOURCE LAYER
NY Garment Industry 1985 4786 Firms Giant Component 67.5%
What next? • Preferential detatchment? • Weighted network • Extended data set Supported by: European Commission, NEST Pathfinder MMCOMNET Project