High earnings through firm influence: the role of hierarchical structures in public procurement
Abstract
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.
Type
Publication
EPJ Data Science, 14, 27
Cristian Candia
Associate Professor and Head of CRiSS-LAB, School of Engineering and School of Government, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile.
My research interests include collective behavior, collective and artificial intelligence, network science, and business analytics.
