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rev_number: 11
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datestamp: 2014-11-11 13:50:08
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creators_name: Di Clemente, Riccardo
creators_name: Chiarotti, Guido L.
creators_name: Cristelli, Matthieu
creators_name: Tacchella, Andrea
creators_name: Pietronero, Luciano
creators_id: riccardo.diclemente@alumni.imtlucca.it
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title: Diversification versus specialization in complex ecosystems
ispublished: pub
subjects: G1
subjects: HB
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: public
abstract: By analyzing the distribution of revenues across the production sectors of quoted firms we suggest a novel dimension that drives the firms diversification process at country level. Data show a non trivial macro regional clustering of the diversification process, which underlines the relevance of geopolitical environments in determining the microscopic dynamics of economic entities. These findings demonstrate the possibility of singling out in complex ecosystems those micro-features that emerge at macro-levels, which could be of particular relevance for decision-makers in selecting the appropriate parameters to be acted upon in order to achieve desirable results. The understanding of this micro-macro information exchange is further deepened through the introduction of a simplified dynamic model.
date: 2014
publication: PloS One
volume: 9
number: 11
publisher: Public Library of Science
pagerange: e112525
id_number: doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112525
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1932-6203
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112525
citation:   Di Clemente, Riccardo and Chiarotti, Guido L. and Cristelli, Matthieu and Tacchella, Andrea and Pietronero, Luciano  Diversification versus specialization in complex ecosystems.  PloS One, 9 (11).  e112525.  ISSN 1932-6203      (2014)  
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/2365/1/journal.pone.0112525.pdf