Network analysis is one of the most promising currents in sociological research, and yet it
has never been subjected to a theoretically informed assessment and critique. This article …

This paper examines the association between interfirm cooperation and the innovation
output of startup firms in the biotechnology industry. A reciprocal association is …

The social network paradigm provides a set of concepts and methods useful for studying the
structure of a population through which infectious agents transmitted during close personal …

We derive three system order parameters: dynamism, polarization, and clustering, to
describe global states of attitude distribution and change for human social systems …

After identifying the implicit assumptions about social influence mechanisms and the social
structural bases reflected in the social information processing literature, social network …

" The objective of this article is to apply formal network analysis to the systems approach [to
the study of international migration]. Network analysis will allow two of the four …

A generalized version of Coleman's rational choice model for pure exchange in a perfectly
competitive setting is extended by introducing the possibility of imperfect access between …

With the proliferation of telecommunications technologies, the information-based
communication infrastructure is becoming an increasingly critical organization resource. In …

Through qualitative, case study research, this study explores both the lack of knowledge
about accrediting organizations and the fragmentation of interorganizational theory through …

This paper builds on French's (1956) Formal Theory of Social Power. In the theory, a
population's power structure is formally related to its structure of influential communications …