This paper investigates how the structure of the informal communication network that results from efforts to coordinate task interdependence between design teams in complex product development projects moderates the effect of task interdependence on inter-team communication. Drawing on...

This work introduces a new model to investigate the efficiency and evolution of networks of firms exchanging knowledge in R&D partnerships. We first examine the efficiency of a given network structure in terms of the maximization of total profits in the industry. We show that the efficient...

The rationale of Econographicology revolves around the efficacy of graphs as the most effective analytical tool for visualization of any economic phenomena. The main motivation behind the creation of Econographicology is to evaluate graphs evolved so far in economics and to develop new types of...

To capture the heterozygous of vertex degrees of networks and understand their distributions, a class of random graph models parameterized by the strengths of vertices, are proposed. These models are equipped in the framework of mutually independent edges, where the number of parameters matches...

Several assessment of vulnerability and resilience have been attempted at a country level through composite indices but they are barely in accord with a holistic view of sustainable development. We suggest graph theory to structure a network of variables that depict vulnerability and resilience...

We suppose that players in a cooperative game are located within a graph structure, such as a social network or supply route, that limits coalition formation to coalitions along connected subsets within the graph. This in turn leads to a more general study of coalitional games in which there are...