Influencers in a social network are members that have greater effect in the online social network (OSN) than the average member. In the specific social networks known as communities of practice, where the focus is an ...

This study proposes an investigation to prove that when companies organize in networks and use social innovation in a productive system gets economic and social gain. The object of study is a case study of Milk Producers ...

The daily use of social networks is in growth around the world and this includes niche social networks, which have as a main feature an audience segmented by some kind of affinity that particularizes a group. This paper ...

The daily use of social networks is in growth around the world and this includes niche social networks, which have as a main feature an audience segmented by some kind of affinity that particularizes a group. This paper ...

Many complex systems can be described as networks exhibiting inner organization as communities of nodes. The identification of communities is a key factor to understand community-based functionality. We propose a family ...

Bilateral investment treaties (BITs) are agreements between two countries for the reciprocal encouragement, promotion and protection of investments in each other’s territories by companies based in either country. Germany ...

The complex relationship among diverse natural factors in a given ecosystem and with society could be not explicitly reflected in governance actions and policy. Social networks are useful tools to characterize these links ...

Users of online social networks voluntarily participate in different user groups or communities. Researches suggest the presence of strong local community structure in these social networks, i.e., users tend to meet other ...