Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue: Lives of Quiet Desperation -- 1. Going Bust in the Age of Go-Ahead -- 2. A Reason in the Man -- 3. We Are All Speculators -- 4. Central Intelligence Agency, since 1841 -- 5. The Big Red Book of Third-Rate Men -- 6. Misinformation and Its...

This book studies the dynamics of alliance group formation in technology-based networks. The author attempts to develop the concept of alliance blocks from a social network perspective, and explores the relationship between alliance block membership and innovative performance in a changing...