Industry: Global Information Technology Data: Alliances 2001-2004 (Factiva; Computer Wire) for some 160 firms
Treatment: Nodes sized by degree centrality (number of links). Arrows can indicate a prime contractor, subcontractor relationship. Alliances are represented as bi-directional arrows.
Commentary: This map shows alliance relationships mined from business articles and the Computer Wire Data Base of major IT transactions. The nodes are sized by degree centrality. As expected, the more well known IT firms are centrally located.