personal networks because it highlights the complex psychology that drive network preferences regarding gender-based homophily … networks through a framework of network preferences when seeking career-related advice with specific focus on three key … variables: gender-based homophily, status, and relationship type. In Study 1 and Study 2, I test the effect of status alone and …

werden und die multiple Möglichkeiten besitzen, andere VCG im Netzwerk zu erreichen. Basierend auf den Analysen leitet der …) hold in their syndication network and determines the effect that network positions have on generating deal flow quantity … and quality. Network closure (Coleman 1988) emphasizes that cohesive network structures facilitate cooperative behavior of …

. Our study makes two contributions. First, we extend earlier research concerning homophily theories of the prevalence of …

'key-player' (e.g. a firmproviding an exchange platform in a business- to-business network)provides a higher level of …, excludingperipheral firms which are most distantly located to the key player.When link formation implies a certain degree of network … congestion, thestable and efficient network size is smaller than in a model withbilateral decisions upon link formation between …

hardware purchasessignificantly biases estimates. I next specify dynamic network formationgame to model the adoption decision …

This paper studies the properties of convexity (concavity) and strategic complements (substitutes) in network formation … shown that there always exists a pairwise stable network as long as the utility function of each player satisfies convexity … in own links and strategic complements. For network societies with a profile of utility functions satisfying concavity in …

time and effort costs for participants. Therefore, this dissertation takes an economic perspective on the network formation …

current world trade negotiating round.The current thesis uses a network formation approach to analyze the incentives to …