Network Structure of Inter-organizational Alliances in the Health Insurance Industry undergoing Digitalization

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54820/entrenova-2023-0026

Klíčová slova:

Inter-organizational alliances, social network analysis, InsurTech

Abstrakt

This study takes a novel approach to exploring the changes in inter-organizational relationships in the health insurance industry, which is currently undergoing a digitalisation environment change known as InsurTech. As a unique research method, we constructed a database of the most recent six years of inter-organizational alliances among firms in the health insurance industry and analysed it quantitatively using the social network analysis method. The analysis showed that new entrants, such as IT firms, had expanded their affiliated networks in addition to the traditional primary health insurance industry. First, the network structure tends to be decentralised, and the expanding firms adopt a platform-type network structure.

Biografie autora

Fumihiko Isada, Kansai University, Japan

Fumihiko Isada is a professor at the Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University. He graduated from Osaka University, where he got his PhD with the topic "A Study on Business Model of Virtual Project Company". His research interests are international corporate strategy and innovation management. He can be contacted at isada@kansai-u.ac.jp.

Yuriko Isada, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

Yuriko Isada is a professor at the School of Policy Studies at Kwansei Gakuin University. She graduated from Kansai University, where she got her PhD with the topic "A study on target approach for multi-objective optimisation and its application to planning and management of software development ". Her research interests include multi-objective optimisation, decision support systems, and computer simulation. She can be contacted at yuriko@kwansei.ac.jp.

Stahování

Publikováno

2024-06-07

Jak citovat

Isada, F. ., & Isada, Y. . (2024). Network Structure of Inter-organizational Alliances in the Health Insurance Industry undergoing Digitalization. ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch InNOVAtion, 9(1), 281–289. https://doi.org/10.54820/entrenova-2023-0026

Číslo

Vol 9 No 1 (2023)

Sekce

Business Administration & Business Economics, Marketing, Accounting

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Copyright (c) 2024 Fumihiko Isada, Yuriko Isada

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