Sloan School of Management: Recent submissions

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    • Networks, Information & Social Capital 

      Aral, Sinan; Van Alstyne, Marshall (Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008-01-26)
      This paper investigates how information flows enable social networks to constitute social capital. By analyzing the information content encoded in email communication in an executive recruiting firm, we examine the long ...

    • Identifying Formal and Informal Influence in Technology Adoption with Network Externalities 

      Tucker, Catherine (Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008-01-23)
      Firms introducing network technologies (whose benefits depend on who installs the technology) need to understand which user characteristics confer the greatest network benefits on other potential adopters. To examine ...

    • Different Missions and Commitment Power in R&D Organization: Theory and Evidence on Industry-University Alliances 

      Lacetera, Nicola (Cambridge, Mass.; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007-10-20)
      This paper proposes a theory for why firms conduct some research activities in-house while outsourcing other projects to independent partners, and for why firms retain different degrees of control over collaborative research ...