Sociologists contend that industries can be importantly characterized as sets of interlocking producer positions. This paper argues that this distinctively relational conception of a market represents a powerful framework for depicting and analyzing the process of technical change. The paper...

When an actor experiences a sudden gain in status — for example, when a scientist wins a Nobel Prize, or a film director wins an Oscar — what does this jump in status do to the fates of the winner’s many ‘neighbors’? Do non-winners bask in the reflected glory of the winner, and...

This article introduces a special issue of the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management devoted to exploring how patterns of social networks and interaction among scientists affect diffusion of innovation and knowledge. The history of science and technology has traditionally examined the...