Network diffusion of gender diversity on boards: A process of two-speed opposing forces.

ABSTRACT: Network diffusion processes or how information spreads through networks have been widely examined in numerous disciplines such as epidemiology, physics, sociology, politics, or computer science. In this paper, we extend previous developments by considering a generalization of the diffusion by considering the possibility of differences in the speed of diffusion and reduction depending on the forces' directions. In this situation, the differential speed of diffusion produces deviations from the standard solution around the average of the initial conditions in the network. In fact, this asymmetry gives rise to non-linear dynamics in which, contrary to the symmetric case, the final solution depends on the topology of the graph as well as on the distribution of the initial values. Counter-intui

SUBMITTER: Gimeno R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9662731 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature