This paper empirically examines the role of social networks in welfare participation. Social theorists from across the political spectrum have argued that network effects have given rise to a culture of poverty. Empirical work, however, has found it difficult to distinguish the effect of...

In this paper, I present results on communication and common knowledge in a group with a learning mechanism which is less demanding that the one most commonly used in the existing literature.

The purpose of this article is to link the 'organizational learning perspective' and the 'resource-based view' to show how the development of organizational knowledge can lead to a competitive advantage. From the perspective of the resource-based view, the possession of unique knowledge can be...

Participation in a strategic network constitutes a radical departure from formerly prevalent modes of organizing which requires a change of 'theories-in-use' associated with independent operations. The transition process between these cognitive constructs associated with 'old' organizational...

Dans le cadre du contexte francais actuel, les PME qui ne peuvent pas s'autofinancer et qui n'ont pas acces au marche financier (trop petit chiffre d'affaires) sont fortement dependantes des banques. Elles rencontrent des difficultes a se faire reconnaitre a leur juste valeur du faitd'une...

In real markets, price adjustment and the matching of buyers and sellers involve considerable exchange of information. Previous experience is also important in partner selection and in the decision to accept a transaction. The dynamic processes involved can be described in terms taken from...

The aim of this paper is to set the foundation of an approach of the diffusion-adoption problem of an innovation or a technological standard, based on the building of influence matrixes. This means that agents are to be considered as participating in social networks that provide the support and...

Becoming famous and in the most favorable scenario winning the Nobel Prize is the dream of many young and ambitious economists. Yet, many young re-searchers are talented and only very few of them succeed to become famous in the course of their career. If we take talent for granted questions of...

Das open source entwickelte Betriebssystem Linux setzt den Quasi- Monopolisten Microsoft gefährlich unter Druck. Diese Entwicklung ist aus einer organisationsökonomischen Perspektive deswegen bemerkenswert, weil hinter Linux kein hierarchisches Unternehmen mit zentraler Steuerung und einem...

Despite its long tradition the practice of releasing star players for association matches without compensating the clubs has become increasingly controversial. The clubs claim that their players play in the tournaments organized by the associations while earning club money. However, the clubs do...