Business Network Simulation: Combining Research Cases and Agent-Based Models in a Robust Methodology

Prenkert, Frans

doi:10.5430/ijba.v3n6p82

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“…This involves agent-based modeling as a methodological research tool to conduct experiments. It also involves a qualitative case study as the empirical setting in which the ABM-tool is embedded (Prenkert, 2012).…”

Section: Methodology: the Use Of Qualitative Data And Simulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is of such complexity that the ABM becomes complex enough so that we need qualitative data (Miles and Huberman, 1994; Morgan and Smircich, 1980) to use for validation of the ABM (Moss and Edmonds, 2005). Case studies are particularly suitable for creating accounts of networks (Dubois and Gadde, 2002) and for uncovering its mechanisms and processes (Pettigrew, 1997) something that is of significance when designing experiments in an ABM (Prenkert, 2012), because it relies on a formalized specification of its mechanisms and processes (Gilbert, 2008). Hence, the choice of a qualitative approach stems from the nature of the social phenomena of investigation (Morgan and Smircich, 1980).…”

Section: Methodology: the Use Of Qualitative Data And Simulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These procedures involve the a priori specification of a causal model detailing the dependent variable and the relationships among all the variables of the study (Dooley, 2004). This fundamental model then serves to create the complex logic containing nomogenetic complexity (Bunge, 1979; von Wright, 1971) that controls the ABM (Prenkert, 2012).…”

Section: The North Atlantic Herring Network As a Complex Adaptive Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Relationship Strength and Network Form: An Agent-Based Simulation of Interaction in a Business Network

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2014

Australasian Marketing Journal

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Given an international business network with the same focal resource, the same source and markets, but exhibiting two different inter-related sub-networks with different internal organization, we study how these network forms affects interactions. The purpose is to compare and explain differences between the two network forms and the effects this have on dyadic international relationship development using a qualitative experimental methodology involving computerized simulations. We simulate various changes in quality variation of the focal resource as well as changing demand preferences of buyers to investigate the impact on relationship strength. From this we develop three scenarios.

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Section: Methodology: the Use Of Qualitative Data And Simulationmentioning

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Section: The North Atlantic Herring Network As a Complex Adaptive Systemmentioning

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Relationship Strength and Network Form: An Agent-Based Simulation of Interaction in a Business Network

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2014

Australasian Marketing Journal

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“…Prenkert (2012) argued that despite the fact that there are religious rights for employees who are covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; religious conflict is becoming common in this modern world, compared to some few decades ago when the workplace was more homogenous. The controversy in the literature makes the focus of the study also very much relevant.…”

Section: International Journal Of Research Studies In Managementmentioning

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Culture and work: Relationship between socio-cultural values and organizational commitment among bank managers in Ghana using SEM/PLS approach

Mensah¹

2018

IJRSM

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The study investigated the relationship between socio-cultural values and organizational commitment using a sample of 211 bank managers from three regions in Ghana. The study design was cross-sectional survey using questionnaire as the main instrument for data collection on: socio-cultural values and organizational commitment. The study was underpinned by the socio-cultural sub-system model. Data was analyzed using structural equation modeling (partial least square).The results of the study confirm the authors' hypotheses: Employees adherence to Socio-cultural values had a positive effect on organizational commitment. The findings of the study therefore suggest that employers and management should pay attention to employees' socio-cultural values and consider integrating these individuals' socio-cultural values into the organizational culture in order to promote employees commitment to work. It does also provide information for theory building and policy formulation as elaborated in the main study.

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“…The Greek word nomogenesis is comprised of nomo-, meaning law, order, arrangement, or systematized knowledge of something; and – genesis, meaning origin or source or where something comes from. Thus, nomogenesis can be said to mean the origin or production of law and systematics – or in short, the “lawful production” of something (Prenkert, 2012, p. 86) – and describes the type of causal mechanism prevalent in business networks.…”

Section: Industrial Network As Empirical Manifestations Of Complex Adaptive Economic Systems – Ontological Challengesmentioning

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Understanding business networks from a mixed network and system ontology position

Prenkert

2017

IMP

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the ontological implications of combining network and system ontology to conceptualize industrial networks as the empirical manifestations of complex adaptive economic systems. Design/methodology/approach This paper contributes with a systematic discussion on how network and system ontology can be combined to produce better understandings of business networks. It also provides a review of the state-of-the art research literature on the topic as a starting point for the discussion. Findings Findings indicate that networks may be enclosed in each other constituting sub- and supra-networks comprising increasing complexity. In these cases, sub-networks that are black-boxed can be seen as entities in themselves producing inputs and outputs to the supra-network. Networks, once they become black-boxed, can assume the functions of generative mechanisms within a wider supra-network. Research limitations/implications This research is conceptual in nature and needs to be complemented with empirical research. In addition, the literature review used one database complemented with papers from the IMP journal. A wider search could reveal additional research that can be of relevance for the development of the field. Originality/value This paper addresses the ontological and methodological issues arising from a mixed system and network ontology. These issues are commonly ignored or dealt with indirectly in extant literature. For any accumulation of knowledge in the field to be possible, the explication of a mixed ontology is important as it have conceptual and methodological consequences. Adopting such a mixed ontological position provides an ontology in line with empirical research of business practice.

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Business Network Simulation: Combining Research Cases and Agent-Based Models in a Robust Methodology

Cited by 3 publications

References 45 publications

Relationship Strength and Network Form: An Agent-Based Simulation of Interaction in a Business Network

Relationship Strength and Network Form: An Agent-Based Simulation of Interaction in a Business Network

Culture and work: Relationship between socio-cultural values and organizational commitment among bank managers in Ghana using SEM/PLS approach

Understanding business networks from a mixed network and system ontology position

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