1- exemplar for (individual report)
2- Data-set (projects) including Excel, Attributes and Edgelist
3- Introduction getting started Social Network Analysis SNA with NETDRAW.
4- Required reading: 8 textbooks.
5- notes of Lab classes (Word file docx).
6- notes of Lab classes (ZIP file).
7- Tips for writing A1 assignment Individual Report (1,500 words).
Every student is expected to perform an analysis of the dataset provided. The dataset will describe a set of inter-company relationships related to a multinational company. The objective of this coursework is to measure familiarity with data management and visualisation and establish connection between real data and theories. A more advanced use of the software is expected for the third item of assessment.
Students are expected to use network analysis visualization and basic data analysis techniques to discuss how the network relates to the firm’s innovation capability. By doing this, students are expected to collect other information about the given company, as well as to apply knowledge and theories developed in the course and use other relevant academic articles.
Specifically, you are expected to:
– Provide an overview of the internationalization strategy of the company. (300 words).
– Use network analysis techniques and visualizations to describe the network in which it is embedded. (600 words).
– Provide a preliminary, exploratory, interpretation of the role played by the company and others of particular note, considering aspects such as their centrality (degree, betweenness, closeness/farness, and eigenvector centrality), location, activity, size and other relevant characteristics. (400 words).
Discuss the implication of industry and country environments on the innovation strategy of the firm. (200 words).