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Small‐world networks and management science research: a review
Author(s) -
Uzzi Brian,
Amaral Luis AN,
ReedTsochas Felix
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1740-4762
pISSN - 1740-4754
DOI - 10.1057/palgrave.emr.1500078
Subject(s) - discipline , sociology , small world network , behavioural sciences , cross disciplinary , social worlds , science studies , social science , physical science , epistemology , engineering ethics , management science , data science , computer science , complex network , economics , engineering , philosophy , world wide web
This paper reviews the literature on small‐world networks in social science and management. This relatively new area of research represents an unusual level of cross‐disciplinary research within social science and between social science and the physical sciences. We review the findings of this emerging area with an eye to describing the underlying theory of small worlds, the technical apparatus, promising facts, and unsettled issues for future research.