The Fuzzy Boundaries in Start-up Firms Industries. A Social Network Analysis

Abstract This paper aims to explore and describe the way in which startup firms are grouped into industries. To this end, a quantitative research approach is presented, applying a social network analysis to a sample of Pacific Alliance startups, which were recorded in CrunchBase, considering their o...

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Autor principal:	Alvarez-Salazar,Jubalt
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios 2020
Materias:	Industry boundaries Startups Social Network Analysis Pacific Alliance
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-272420200004000302021-02-02The Fuzzy Boundaries in Start-up Firms Industries. A Social Network AnalysisAlvarez-Salazar,Jubalt Industry boundaries Startups Social Network Analysis Pacific Alliance Abstract This paper aims to explore and describe the way in which startup firms are grouped into industries. To this end, a quantitative research approach is presented, applying a social network analysis to a sample of Pacific Alliance startups, which were recorded in CrunchBase, considering their operational activities as linkage criteria. In this way, this document offers a new application to social network analysis to demonstrate the need for a different way of classifying startups that goes beyond the industry boundaries established by the traditional classification systems. It also shows that Pacific Alliance startup industries are structured according to a pattern of dominant activity, applied technology and specific use. In addition, there is a concentration on mature or declining startup industries, while growing industries are left in second order.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y NegociosJournal of technology management & innovation v.15 n.4 20202020-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-27242020000400030en10.4067/S0718-27242020000400030
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description	Abstract This paper aims to explore and describe the way in which startup firms are grouped into industries. To this end, a quantitative research approach is presented, applying a social network analysis to a sample of Pacific Alliance startups, which were recorded in CrunchBase, considering their operational activities as linkage criteria. In this way, this document offers a new application to social network analysis to demonstrate the need for a different way of classifying startups that goes beyond the industry boundaries established by the traditional classification systems. It also shows that Pacific Alliance startup industries are structured according to a pattern of dominant activity, applied technology and specific use. In addition, there is a concentration on mature or declining startup industries, while growing industries are left in second order.
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title	The Fuzzy Boundaries in Start-up Firms Industries. A Social Network Analysis
title_short	The Fuzzy Boundaries in Start-up Firms Industries. A Social Network Analysis
title_full	The Fuzzy Boundaries in Start-up Firms Industries. A Social Network Analysis
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publisher	Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
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The Fuzzy Boundaries in Start-up Firms Industries. A Social Network Analysis

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