Scale-Free Network Business Development Strategy
by Tom Sato
Introduction
Human society, Internet, interaction of protein, and the business community have one thing in common. They are all networks of nodes that interact with each other and the shape of these networks all have the same scale-free characteristics. Scale-free network has few hubs that connect vast numbers of nodes and a large number of nodes that has very few connections. You can spot it by plotting a graph of number of nodes verses number of links. Scale free always has a distribution that follows the power law. It is the network topology of choice because of its robustness, fast communication and ability to evolve.
This paper examines how to apply scale-free network in business development, and use it to grow the business into unbeatable success. It is based on the authorfs experience as Windows Product Manager at Microsoft Japan during the Eighties and two ground breaking books, Linked by Prof. Albert-Laszlo Barabasi at Univ. of Notre Dame and Tipping Point by journalist Malcolm Gladwell.
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