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The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited
- Sociological Theory
, 1982
"... In this chapter I review empirical studies directly testing the ..."
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In this chapter I review empirical studies directly testing the
The strength of weak ties in crime
- European Economic Review
, 2008
"... The aim of this paper is to investigate whether weak ties play an important role in explaining criminal activities. We first develop a model where individuals learn about crime opportunities by interacting with active criminals. These interactions can take the form of either strong or weak ties. We ..."
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The aim of this paper is to investigate whether weak ties play an important role in explaining criminal activities. We first develop a model where individuals learn about crime opportunities by interacting with active criminals. These interactions can take the form of either strong or weak ties. We
Weak ties in networked communities
- in Information Society
, 2005
"... Abstract. Communities with high levels of social capital are likely to have a higher quality of life than communities with low social capital (Coleman, 1988, 1990; Putnam, 1993, 2000). This is due to the greater ability of such communities to organize and mobilize effectively for collective action b ..."
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because they have high levels of social trust, social networks, and well-established norms of mutuality (the major features of social capital). Communities with ‘bridging ’ social capital (weak ties across groups) as well as ‘bonding’ social capital (strong ties within groups) are the most effective
Electronic Weak Ties in Network Organisations
- IN 4TH GOR CONFERENCE
, 2001
"... Granovetter's theory on the strength of weak ties provides an analysis of processes in interpersonal networks forming a very fruitful micro-macro bridge in sociology. When applied to organizations, theories of weak ties give a basis for understanding the mechanisms of work interoperability and ..."
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Granovetter's theory on the strength of weak ties provides an analysis of processes in interpersonal networks forming a very fruitful micro-macro bridge in sociology. When applied to organizations, theories of weak ties give a basis for understanding the mechanisms of work interoperability
the SIGNIFICANCE of weak TIES Kent Eriksson,
"... This paper examines the usefulness of experiential network knowledge in the internationalization process of the firm. Based on learning and network theory, the paper develops hypotheses on the usefulness of knowledge gained from weak ties, which we then analyze with the help of LISREL analysis. In m ..."
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This paper examines the usefulness of experiential network knowledge in the internationalization process of the firm. Based on learning and network theory, the paper develops hypotheses on the usefulness of knowledge gained from weak ties, which we then analyze with the help of LISREL analysis
Role of weak ties in link prediction of complex networks
- In Proceedings of the 1st ACM international workshop on Complex networks meet information & knowledge management (CNIKM ’09). ACM
, 2009
"... ABSTRACT Plenty of algorithms for link prediction have been proposed and were applied to various real networks. Among these works, the weights of links are rarely taken into account. In this paper, we use local similarity indices to estimate the likelihood of the existence of links in weighted netw ..."
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networks, including Common Neighbor, Adamic-Adar Index, Resource Allocation Index, and their weighted versions. In both the unweighted and weighted cases, the resource allocation index performs the best. To our surprise, the weighted indices perform worse, which reminds us of the well-known Weak Tie Theory
Weak Ties, Modern Epidemics, and World Society 1
"... over 1,300 citations in other articles alone for the last eight years (Social Science Citation Index) — emphasizes the often underestimated prominence of weak interconnections between human beings. Weak ties — defamatory, you could also call them superficial — deserve in the individual's view a ..."
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over 1,300 citations in other articles alone for the last eight years (Social Science Citation Index) — emphasizes the often underestimated prominence of weak interconnections between human beings. Weak ties — defamatory, you could also call them superficial — deserve in the individual's view
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