The importance of social and economic networks has meanwhile been widely acknowledged throughout social sciences … alliances, knowledge management within organizations, formal and informal leadership, personal (business) contacts, information … about job openings, bargaining power etc. Given these beneficial aspects of networks, the stability is in question: How do …

Business relations and networks play a central role in the way business and economic systems are organised and function … static and cross-section surveys. In order to develop appropriate research-based management and policy advice we need a … better understanding of how business relations and networks form and evolve. One way to do this is through the development of …

” (technology, knowledge and relationship networks) that are essential if firms are to operate effectively within the emerging …

The economic performances of North and South Korea over the past decade have differed significantly. This is largely … economic growth, there are a number of similarities between North and South Korea, which are examined in this paper. More … importantly, the resource endowments of North Korea, together with the human capital of South Korea, could combine successfully to …

Prepared for a Conference on Transnational Networks in Princeton in 2001, this paper explored the comparative dynamics … of the trans-local networks which South Asian migrants from Mirpur (Pakistan), Jullundur (India) and Sylhet (Bangladesh …

of practices through interlock networks. I begin by explaining how directors’ average pre-meeting position tends to … influence over management and the diversity of directors’ pre-meeting positions increase the polarization effect. The relative …

others' assistance via networks to obtain these resources. Research indicates that firms face resource dependencies, that … implications of new ventures' networks at one time period, little work has investigated the dynamic nature and associated outcomes … of networks as they change due to different resource requirements as the venture develops. This research examines the …