Open AccessBrokering the core and the periphery: Creative success and collaboration networks in the film industry
Author(s) -
Sándor Juhász,
Gergő Tóth,
Balázs Lengyel
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0229436
Subject(s) - core (optical fiber) , bridging (networking) , argument (complex analysis) , prestige , legitimacy , core network , centrality , key (lock) , network formation , computer science , business , world wide web , political science , telecommunications , computer security , law , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , combinatorics , politics
In collaboration-based creative industries, such as film production, creators in the network core enjoy prestige and legitimacy that are key for creative success. However, core creators are challenged to maintain diverse access to new ideas or alternative views that often emerge from the network periphery. In this paper, we demonstrate that creators in the network core can increase the probability of their creative success by brokering peripheral collaborators to the core. The argument is tested on a dynamic collaboration network of movie creators constructed from a unique dataset of Hungarian feature films for the 1990–2009 period. We propose a new way to capture brokers’ role in core/periphery networks and provide evidence that being in the core and at the same time bridging between the core and the periphery of the network significantly increases the likelihood of award winning.