...Chee Wei Cheah; Kian Yeik Koay Purpose This study aims to investigate how diverse institutional environments shape and moderate network brokerage behaviors within business-to-business (B2B) mutual fund markets. Specifically, it explores how human brokers and digital platforms adapt...

... to irregular and infrequent exchanges. Weak ties resulting in structural holes indicate an opportunity for bridging but have not yet been capitalized (Haythornthwaite, 1996). When studying business ties, the critical concept of “brokerage” emerged. Network brokerage refers to the actions of network actors...