Social networks are currently gaining increasing impact in the light of the ongoing growth of
web-based services like facebook. com. One major challenge for the economically …

Shareholder valuations are economically and statistically positively correlated with
independent director power, gauged by a composite of social network power centrality …

In social and online media, influencers have traditionally been understood as highly visible
individuals. Recent outcomes suggest that people are likely to mimic influencers' behavior …

This paper contributes an intentionally naturalistic methodology using smartphone logging
technology to study communications in the wild. Smartphone logging can provide …

As mobile networks expand rapidly to facilitate the rising number of mobile phone
population, more mobile social services are being developed and offered. To create an …

Social data mining has become an emerging area of research in information and
communication technology fields. The scope of social data mining has expanded …

This paper explores how the degree of similarity within a social group can be exploited in
order to dictate the behavior of the individual nodes, so as to best accommodate the typically …

With the advent of emerging web2. 0 technologies, governments at all levels offer'virtual
public spheres' to promote citizen engagement. However, conceptual and empirical …

We examine a network where autonomous nodes participate in content exchange or
delivery, and define a replication group as a set of nodes that cooperate in order to …

The potential of microblogging networks to spread information, ideas, and influence via
social links has been recognized. Individuals at central or critical positions in the …