High earnings through firm influence: the role of hierarchical structures in public procurement

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Resumen

Public procurement markets are highly structured networks. Using over one million Portuguese public procurement contracts, this article shows that modularity, hierarchy, specialization, and firms’ network influence help explain which firms achieve higher earnings per bid.

Publicación
EPJ Data Science, 14, 27
Cristian Candia
Cristian Candia
Profesor Asociado y Director de CRiSS-LAB, Facultad de Ingeniería y Facultad de Gobierno, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile.

Mis intereses de investigación incluyen IA aplicada, ciencias sociales computacionales, ciencia de redes, inteligencia colectiva, convivencia escolar, inteligencia de decisiones y analítica de negocios.

Flavio Pinheiro
Flavio Pinheiro
NOVA IMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa