Challenges In Social Network Research: Methods And Applications

Description

The book includes both invited and contributed chapters dealing with advanced methods and theoretical development for the analysis of social networks and applications in numerous disciplines. Some authors explore new trends related to network measures, multilevel networks and clustering on networks, while other contributions deepen the relationship among statistical methods for data mining and social network analysis. Along with the new methodological developments, the book offers interesting applications to a wide set of fields, ranging from the organizational and economic studies, collaboration and innovation, to the less usual field of poetry. In addition, the case studies are related to local context, showing how the substantive reasoning is fundamental in social network analysis. The list of authors includes both top scholars in the field of social networks and promising young researchers. All chapters passed a double blind review process followed by the guest editors. This edited volume will appeal to students, researchers and professionals. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Corrected Overlap Weight and Clustering Coefficient (Vladimir Batagelj)....Pages 1-16 Bottom-Up Collegiality, Top-Down Collegiality, or Inside-Out Collegiality? Analyses of Multilevel Networks, Institutional Entrepreneurship and Laboratories for Social Change (Emmanuel Lazega)....Pages 17-31 Front Matter ....Pages 33-33 Socio-Cultural Cognitive Mapping to Identify Communities and Latent Networks (Iain Cruickshank, Kathleen M. Carley)....Pages 35-48 Bootstrapping the Gini Index of the Network Degree: An Application for Italian Corporate Governance (Carlo Drago, Roberto Ricciuti)....Pages 49-62 Association Rules and Network Analysis for Exploring Comorbidity Patterns in Health Systems (Giuseppe Giordano, Mario De Santis, Sergio Pagano, Giancarlo Ragozini, Maria Prosperina Vitale, Pierpaolo Cavallo)....Pages 63-78 A Mixture Model Approach for Clustering Bipartite Networks (Isabella Gollini)....Pages 79-91 A DEA-Based Network Formation Model. Micro and Macro Analysis (Claudio Pinto)....Pages 93-114 Networks and Context: Algorithmic Challenges for Context-Aware Social Network Research (Mirco Schoenfeld, Juergen Pfeffer)....Pages 115-130 Front Matter ....Pages 131-131 Unraveling Innovation Networks in Conservation Agriculture Using Social Network Analysis (Juan Manuel Aguirre-López, Julio Díaz-José, Petra Chaloupková, Francisco Guevara-Hernández)....Pages 133-148 Mapping Informal Organization Through Urban Activism: The Case of Self-Organized Spaces in the City of Naples (Pasquale Napolitano, Pierluigi Vitale, Rita Lisa Vella)....Pages 149-169 The Paths of the Italian Young Poets. A Social Network Analysis of the Contemporary Poetic Field (Sabrina Pedrini, Cristiano Felaco)....Pages 171-191 Multilayer Network Analysis of Innovation Intermediaries’ Activities (Margherita Russo, Annalisa Caloffi, Riccardo Righi, Simone Righi, Federica Rossi)....Pages 193-208 Inter-Organizational Networks and Third Sector: Emerging Features from Two Case Studies in Southern Italy (Andrea Salvini, Antonietta Riccardo, Francesco Vasca, Irene Psaroudakis)....Pages 209-233 Back Matter ....Pages 235-239