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[1107.5728] The network of global corporate control - 1 views

  • Abstract: The structure of the control network of transnational corporations affects global market competition and financial stability. So far, only small national samples were studied and there was no appropriate methodology to assess control globally. We present the first investigation of the architecture of the international ownership network, along with the computation of the control held by each global player. We find that transnational corporations form a giant bow-tie structure and that a large portion of control flows to a small tightly-knit core of financial institutions. This core can be seen as an economic "super-entity" that raises new important issues both for researchers and policy makers.
pacome delva

Epernicus: Dashboard - 1 views

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    It seems we cannot add a publication automatically (eg with bibtex) if it's not on pubmed. Bit useless for non medical sciences...
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    what a pity ...
pacome delva

BibSonomy Jabref Plugin - 0 views

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    An open-source project to replace mendeley Anyone motivated to try it ?
pacome delva

Ants Take a Cue From Facebook - ScienceNOW - 2 views

  • This pattern of interactions matches how humans share information on social networking sites like Facebook, says the study's lead author, biologist Noa Pinter-Wollman. Most Facebook users are connected to a relatively small number of friends. A handful of users, however, have thousands of friends and act as information hubs.
  • computer simulations of the ants' social networks showed that information flows fastest when a small number of individuals act as information hubs. Fast-flowing information allows ant colonies to respond faster to threats such as predators and weather hazards, Pinter-Wollman says.
  • These well-connected ants might have an advantage in responding to threats, but they are also more vulnerable to infectious diseases, which can spread quickly through the colony.
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    for Tobi! nice analogy between the threat and the fast responding in human network
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    Yet another example of "because scientifically accurate title would sound sooo boring".
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