Abstract
Diffuse competition due to niche overlap between actors without (direct) ties with each other, constrains their structural autonomy. This is not dealt with in Burt’s mathematical model of his well-known structural holes theory. We fix his model by introducing a network measure of niche overlap.
Original language | Undefined |
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Pages (from-to) | 97-101 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Social networks |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- Structural holes
- Structural autonomy
- Niche overlap
- Diffuse competition
- IR-79325
- Competition
- METIS-202469