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Hierarchical effects facilitate spreading processes on synthetic and empirical multilayer networks
Casey Doyle1, Thushara Gunda1, Asmeret Naugle1
1Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States of America.
Plos One
|June 9, 2021
Summary
Corporate hierarchies and management layers enhance innovation spread across networks. Centralized working relationships, combined with management, are key for widespread and stable innovation adoption.
Area of Science:
- Network science
- Innovation diffusion
- Organizational behavior
Background:
- Understanding how innovations spread within organizations is crucial for business success.
- Corporate structures can significantly influence the efficiency of information and idea dissemination.
- Existing models often simplify network complexities within companies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the impact of corporate hierarchies on innovation spread.
- To analyze the role of management layers and network centralization in diffusion processes.
- To determine optimal seeding strategies for innovation adoption.
Main Methods:
- Utilized an elaborated SIR (Susceptible-Infected-Recovered) framework.
- Modeled innovation spread across multilayer networks, including random geometric graphs and empirical corporate data.
- Compared different network structures (administrative vs. working relationship) and seeding strategies.
Main Results:
- Addition of management layers significantly improves innovation spread.
- Centralized working relationship networks enhance innovation reach more than strict administrative networks.
- Management layers combined with centralized networks are essential for broad and stable adoption.
- Seed node selection impacts adoption stability; sometimes, less central nodes yield better results.
Conclusions:
- Corporate hierarchy design, particularly management layers and network centralization, is critical for effective innovation diffusion.
- Strategic seeding of innovations, considering network topology, optimizes adoption outcomes.
- These findings offer insights for organizations aiming to foster a more innovative culture.
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