Exponential random graph models (ERGMs) have emerged as a principal statistical framework for representing and analysing the formation of ties within social networks. By expressing the probability of ...

Venture capital firms use a variety of accumulated resources to inform their investment activities, but do the rely solely on their own resources or do they employ other firms' resources to complement ...

Incorporating structural features into random-graph calculations should bring theoretical models describing the properties and behaviour of complex networks closer to real-world systems. You have full ...

Applying the exponential random graph model (Robins et al. 2007) to the investment data of Japanese venture capital (VC) firms, we document the relationship between VC performance and the dynamics of ...