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Updated Leaders of the Revolution One leading indicator of the enormous importance of networks and value network analysis to knowledge, people, business, government, intelligence, the environment, and civil society is the explosion of network research centers at major universities. Below is an updated list of important university research centers, programs and initiatives. Centers for Network Research Australian National [link] Carnegie Mellon [link] Central European [link]

Every year, they organize a summer school, which is well attended by librarians, publishers, researchers, lecturers, and IT specialists interested in the latest developments in (digital) libraries. My module concerned the Libraries and Collaborative Research Communities track. My co-speakers were John Butler (University of Minnesota), Judith Wusteman (University College Dublin), Already a while ago, but still worth a post: on August 5, I was an invited speaker at  the Ticer Digital Libraries a la Carte 2009 summer school . In 2008, I attended their fascinating keynote summer

By now that is well understood, in part supported by the large body research and academic literature on how social networks in and across organizations drive results and performance. Now researchers from IBM Research and MIT have undertaken the largest study of its kind ever. BusinessWeek writes that Researchers at IBM and MIT have found that certain e-mail connections and patterns For years now I have been trying to get the message out to senior executives that effective social networks are critical to business performance . The report itself, Value of Social

remember a Wired Magazine article in which the author talks about a manager at Southern California Edison who provided ambient orbs to about 100 customers so that they were better informed about electrical energy rates. My own research on CIO (Chief Information Officer) leadership as well as research on teams shows that a leader will have a much more powerful impact if s/he models what is expected of others. Last week’s Time had an article on how President Obama is using the science of change to transform the country. Specifically, President Obama and his economic

But now, largely thanks to the burgeoning popularity of online social networks like Facebook , researchers are discovering what a powerful influence our connections — both online and off — really have over our lives. "Those of us who study social networks believe they matter — that things do spread along social networks," says Claude Fischer, a sociology professor at the University of California-Berkeley . Because social networks online are much more clearly defined than offline connections, they have been a boon to researchers. Cars Auto Financing Event Tickets Jobs Real Estate Online Degrees Business Opportunities Shopping Subscribe to paper Home News Travel Money Sports Life Tech Weather News » Health & Behavior Medical Resources Health Information Your Health: Kim Painter Weight Loss Challenge

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boyd School of Information University of California-Berkeley Nicole B. Ellison Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Michigan State University Go to a section in the article: Abstract Introduction Social Network Sites: A Definition A History of Social Network Sites Previous Scholarship Overview of this Special Theme Section Future Research Acknowledgments Notes References About the Authors Abstract Social

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The first article , dating back to December 2007 but still of current interest, reports on a debate within venture capital circles, on the value of “Noncompete” agreements, enforced in Massachusetts but not in California, which restrict the mobility of employees, but also therefore the flow and sharing of information. Different research studies are cited showing how crucial this fact is for the higher competitivity of California. Thanks to Tomas Rawlings for pointing me to two interesting articles. 1.