DECISION SUPPORTED
Who influences market access, where do the dependencies lie and which actors act as bridges?
04 · Map
Mapping an ecosystem by its relations, not by a list of actors
DECISION QUESTION
Who influences market access, where do the dependencies lie and which actors act as bridges?Actors are linked by flows, citations, alliances, investments, dependencies and movements observable over time.
Decisions supported
What the page really helps to choose.
- 01Find the unavoidable passage points
- 02Identify critical dependencies
- 03Spot communities and hubs
- 04Measure the influence of each actor
ORIGINAL ASSET
Centralities of an ecosystem
Measures the degree, betweenness and influence of four typical actors to find the unavoidable passage points.
INPUTSActorsRelationsRolesEntry point of the decisionPaths between actors
→OUTPUTSDegreeBetweennessInfluenceCSV measures
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ASSET TO USE
Centralities of an ecosystem: Measures the degree, betweenness and influence of four typical actors to find the unavoidable passage points.
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Centralities of a decision ecosystem
Graph + measures
Degree measures connections, betweenness the unavoidable crossing points, and influence the proximity to actors that are themselves central.
Download the measures ↓Authority ARegulationPlatform BTechnologyInstitute CBridgeDistributor DAccessDecisionEntry
| Actor | Degree | Betweenness | Influence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authority A | 8 | 0.74 | 0.81 |
| Platform B | 12 | 0.68 | 0.77 |
| Institute C | 6 | 0.82 | 0.59 |
| Distributor D | 9 | 0.45 | 0.66 |
Teaching case · simulated data · no real-world market conclusion.
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The next questions to address.
Move from the notion to its application, then to the decision that depends on it.
01
Competitors
Which actors and substitutes are really competing for the same budget, use or result?
02Communities
Which groups of actors are more densely connected to one another than to the rest of the ecosystem?
03Dependencies
On which actors, technologies, resources or rules does market access depend?
04Stakeholders
Which actors can accelerate, block or shift the decision, and through which mechanism?
05Strategic groups
Which competitors follow similar models and which barriers limit movements between groups?
01Explicit scope
Unit, horizon and boundaries visible.
02Qualified evidence
Source, date, method and confidence.
03Sensitivity tested
Weights and assumptions that tip the result.
04Review planned
Signal, threshold and owner.
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