the literature treats virtual and network organizations as being synonyms. This paper aims to draw a much more clear …

, the network perspective lacks specification of the various dimensions of a network and their impact on the early … propositions on the network effect on the survival or performance of start-ups …

confidential transactions. Bargaining can be considered to occur over a network that summarizes the structure of linkages among …-sided network can be decomposed into simple networks of three types, so that our result can be generalized to more complex …

The purpose of this paper is to suggest a view of the economy as a network of links between the individuals involved … is to allow the network to evolve and to make the probability of each of the links dependent on the experience of the …

influence can work in both ways: influencing an individual to use and helping them to quit. The structure of the network has … addictive substances through deterrence. I provide a network-based explanation of why usage rates can vary across otherwise … similar agents and show how in some situations encouraging network ties can lead to lower use while in others it can have the …

, and a willingness to pay for connectivity. A planner aims at implementing a welfare maximizing network and allocating the …

We consider a generalization of the Minimum Cost Spanning Tree (MCST) model dubbed the Minimum Cost Connection Network … (MCCN) model, where network users have connection demands in the form of a pair of target nodes they want connected directly …, or indirectly. Given a network which satisfies all connection demands at minimum cost, the problem consists of allocating …

We study a model in which heterogeneous agents first form a trading network where link formation is costless. Then, a … a trading network is pairwise stable if and only if it is a core periphery network where the core consists of all weak …

emerge at equilibrium. We define the notion of coalitional network to represent a network and a coalition structure, where … the network specifies the nature of the relationship each individual has with his coalition members and with individuals … contractual stability which requires that any change made to the coalitional network needs the consent of both the deviating …