In this paper we test the celebrated `Strength of weak ties' theory of Granovetter (1973). We test two hypotheses on … the network structure in a data set of collaborating economists. While we find support for the hypothesis of transitivity …

Comparative organizational network analysis makes it possible to identify the similarities and differences between … identified networks were included. The results indicated that, considering centrality and connectivity network indices, there … were no statistically significant differences between organizations according to formal power network behavior. However, we …

Constructing a network organization for global R&D is presented as a common sense practice in existing literature …. However, there are still queries about the network organization, such as the persistence of hierarchies which make a network … towards a network organization that adopts an internal market. The co-existence of market, hierarchy and network triggered …

change under different network configurations and information transmission technologies. In our model, relations are the … links, and the value of the network lies in its ability to enforce cooperative agreements that could not be sustained if … agents had no access to other network members' sanctioning power and information. We identify conditions for network …