Moderne arbeitsteilige Gesellschaften besitzen eine komplexe Vernetzung von ökonomischen Regeln, politischer Macht und gesellschaftlichen Normen. Die wirtschaftliche Leistungsfähigkeit eines Landes hängt neben physischem Kapital und Humankapital in hohem Maße von sozialen Netzwerkstrukturen...

We analyze R&D collaboration networks in industries where firms are competitors in the product market. Firms' benefits from collaborations arise by sharing knowledge about a cost-reducing technology. By forming collaborations, however, firms also change their own competitive position in the...

We investigate the network topology of a comprehensive data set of the world-wide population of corporate entities. In particular, we have extracted information on the boards of all companies listed in Bloomberg's archive of company profiles in October, 2015, a total of almost 100; 000 firms. We...