Over the past decade, there has been an explosion of interest in network research across
the physical and social sciences. For social scientists, the theory of networks has been a …

This paper offers a structured overview of 50 years of small-world research. Initially
formulated by Pool and Kochen in the mid-1950s, the small-world concept can be divided …

What counts? In work, as in other areas of life, it is not always clear what standards we are
being judged by or how our worth is being determined. This can be disorienting and …

Excellence. Originality. Intelligence. Everyone in academia stresses quality. But what exactly
is it, and how do professors identify it? In the academic evaluation system known as “peer …

Social capital theorists have shown that some people do better than others in part because
they enjoy larger, more supportive, or otherwise more useful networks. But why do some …

The network perspective is rapidly becoming a lingua franca across virtually all of the
sciences from anthropology to physics. In this paper, we provide supply chain researchers …

This research started and evolved under the guidance of Pierre Tremblay—as usual, I am
indebted to his tremendous support as my teacher, colleague, and friend throughout the …

For centuries, scientists, philosophers and intelligent laymen have been concerned about
creating, acquiring, and communicating knowledge and improving the re-utilization of …

This article offers insights into the complexity of assessing the performance of public
networks. We have identified three so‐called exogenous factors: form of the network, type of …

Employing grounded theory based on comparative case studies of informal microfinanced
businesses in East Africa, we build a theoretical foundation for studying the establishment …