Board interconnections and company performance: AAn analysis of the Finnish game developer companies

Kaisa Still; Arho Suominen; Nina Rilla

doi:10.1109/ICE/ITMC39735.2016.9025859

Board interconnections and company performance: AAn analysis of the Finnish game developer companies

Kaisa Still, Arho Suominen^* (Corresponding author), Nina Rilla

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Abstract

In the world of networked innovation, flows of resources into the organization are emphasized. One special approach of interorganizational flows is board networks or interlocks, which have been widely studied as contributors toward company performance. In this paper, we apply prior research from board interlock SNA as well as prior wider innovation ecosystem research into the case context of Finnish game industry with existing board interlocks. This industry has been very successful, with a turnover of 1.8 Billion Euros in 2014. This paper we explore the role of board interlocks toward the performance of individual companies. We find that 51 percent of the game companies have interlocks. With further analysis we find that even though the descriptive evaluation of data suggest otherwise, there is no statistical support for volume or centrality of networks having positive impact to company performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/IEEE lnternational Technology Management Conference, ICE/ITMC 2016 - Proceedings
Editors	Kjetil Kristensen, Robert Bierwolf, David Romero, Pekka Abrahamsson
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5090-2935-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5090-2936-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC39735.2016.9025859
Publication status	Published - Jun 2016
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	22nd International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/IEEE lnternational Technology Management Conference, ICE/ITMC 2016 - Trondheim, Norway Duration: 13 Jun 2016 → 15 Jun 2016

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Conference	22nd International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/IEEE lnternational Technology Management Conference, ICE/ITMC 2016
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Trondheim
Period	13/06/16 → 15/06/16

Keywords

Board interlocks
Board performance
Firm connectedness
Social network analysis

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Still, K., Suominen, A., & Rilla, N. (2016). Board interconnections and company performance: AAn analysis of the Finnish game developer companies. In K. Kristensen, R. Bierwolf, D. Romero, & P. Abrahamsson (Eds.), 2016 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/IEEE lnternational Technology Management Conference, ICE/ITMC 2016 - Proceedings IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC39735.2016.9025859

Still, Kaisa ; Suominen, Arho ; Rilla, Nina. / Board interconnections and company performance : AAn analysis of the Finnish game developer companies. 2016 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/IEEE lnternational Technology Management Conference, ICE/ITMC 2016 - Proceedings. editor / Kjetil Kristensen ; Robert Bierwolf ; David Romero ; Pekka Abrahamsson. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2016.

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Still, K, Suominen, A & Rilla, N 2016, Board interconnections and company performance: AAn analysis of the Finnish game developer companies. in K Kristensen, R Bierwolf, D Romero & P Abrahamsson (eds), 2016 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/IEEE lnternational Technology Management Conference, ICE/ITMC 2016 - Proceedings. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 22nd International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/IEEE lnternational Technology Management Conference, ICE/ITMC 2016, Trondheim, Norway, 13/06/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICE/ITMC39735.2016.9025859

Board interconnections and company performance: AAn analysis of the Finnish game developer companies. / Still, Kaisa; Suominen, Arho (Corresponding author); Rilla, Nina.
2016 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/IEEE lnternational Technology Management Conference, ICE/ITMC 2016 - Proceedings. ed. / Kjetil Kristensen; Robert Bierwolf; David Romero; Pekka Abrahamsson. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2016.

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Still K, Suominen A , Rilla N. Board interconnections and company performance: AAn analysis of the Finnish game developer companies. In Kristensen K, Bierwolf R, Romero D, Abrahamsson P, editors, 2016 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/IEEE lnternational Technology Management Conference, ICE/ITMC 2016 - Proceedings. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. 2016 doi: 10.1109/ICE/ITMC39735.2016.9025859

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