Strategic Network Abandonment Dynamics
Analysis
Key Takeaways
- •Network fragility is determined by outside options, network structure, and strategic interdependence.
- •Weak complementarities lead to localized failures, while strong complementarities cause global collapse.
- •Intervention strategies depend on the strength of complementarities: central agents for strong, marginal agents for weak.
“The resulting decay dynamics are governed by the strength of strategic complementarities...”