The Rise and Fall of Small Worlds: Exploring the Dynamics of Social Structure

• Main Authors: GULATI, Ranjay, SYTCH, Maxim, Adam TATARYNOWICZ
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: strategic alliances networks; organization theory; economic sociology; strategy and policy; Organizational Behavior and Theory; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4854
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper explores the interplay between social structure and economic action by examining some of the evolutionary dynamics of an emergent network that coalesces into a small-world system. The study highlights the small-world system's evolutionary dynamics at both the macro level of the netwo...