The role proximity plays in university-driven social networks. The case of the US and EU life-science clusters [PDF]
Over the last decade, the research in the field of technology and innovation has progressed towards the development of the notion of an ‘ecosystem’ that lays within the idea that innovation and technological advances stem from collective research efforts
Małgorzata Runiewicz-Wardyn
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Ambient Networks: Bridging Heterogeneous Network Domains [PDF]
Providing end-to-end communication in heterogeneous internetworking environments is a challenge. Two fundamental problems are bridging between different internetworking technologies and hiding of network complexity and differences from both applications and application developers. This paper presents abstraction and naming mechanisms that address these
Ahlgren, Bengt+3 more
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Legitimacy and Legitimation Practices: An Analysis of TSMO Networks
Private transnational organizations have grown in number and in influence. However, sociologists and political scientists often study them separately, either as transnational social movement organizations (TSMOs) or the larger category of international ...
Takumi Shibaike
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Theoretical approaches as well as empirical results in the area of social capital accumulation on social networking sites suggest that weak ties/bridging versus strong ties/bonding social capital should be distinguished and that while bonding social ...
Nicole C. Krämer+4 more
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Building virtual bridges: how rural micro-enterprises develop social capital in online and face-to-face settings [PDF]
In rural UK, businesses are often isolated and have much to gain from healthy networks, yet studies show that many rural business owners fail to network effectively.
Norman, Timothy+3 more
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A semi-supervised self-training method to develop assistive intelligence for segmenting multiclass bridge elements from inspection videos [PDF]
Bridge inspection is an important step in preserving and rehabilitating transportation infrastructure for extending their service lives. The advancement of mobile robotic technology allows the rapid collection of a large amount of inspection video data.
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ICBEST Istanbul - Interdisciplinary perspectives for future building envelopes
International Conference on Building Envelope Systems and Technologies – ICBEST is the premier conference for attendees to benefit from the cutting edge information on building envelope systems and technologies.
Aslihan Tavil, Oguz C. Celik
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Network management as a contingent activity. A configurational analysis of managerial behaviors in different network settings [PDF]
Network managers engage in several day-to-day activities, including bridging, networking, and stabilizing relationships. Still, when should they opt for one activity or another? Our study s..
Benedetta Trivellato+2 more
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DistBlockBuilding: A Distributed Blockchain-Based SDN-IoT Network for Smart Building Management
Security, privacy, and transparency aspects of the Internet of Things (IoT) sensors have recently raised significant concerns among the public and policymakers.
Anichur Rahman+5 more
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Spanning the boundaries through creative deployment of social capital
This paper examines the role played by the structural dimension of organizational social capital in exploring developmental opportunities available to Russian SMEs. The study presents an analysis of horizontal and vertical relational ties established and
Natalya Totskaya
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