Organizations & Markets Workshop

This workshop focuses on the sociology of organizations, networks, and markets. A wide variety of topics are addressed, including how organizations operate, why they differ, how they emerge from prior organizations, how future growth depends on position in a structure of other organizations, and how people survive and thrive within organizations.

Anyone interested in these topics is welcome to attend the workshop. Graduate student participation is strongly encouraged. The workshop room, 3B, is on the third floor, on the west side of the atrium, in the Charles M. Harper Center.

Whenever possible, papers are made available in advance of the workshop. To download a paper, click on the highlighted text. For further information, or to schedule time to meet with an outside speaker, please email the workshop coordinator for the Autumn quarter, Ron Burt .

Upcoming Workshops

Schedule

Tuesdays 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM

Location

Harper Center Seminar 3B

March 27

"Labor Market Institutions and Global Strategic Adaption: Evidence from Lincoln Electric"

John Seigel

April 3

“Social Networks and Marketplace Formation in California Biotechnology”

Steven Casper, Keck Graduat Institute

April 10

“Social order negotiations in organizations”

Corinne Bendersky, UCLA

April 17

"Standards for Quality and the Coordinating Role of Critics"

Greta Hsu, UC Davis

April 24

Anand Swaminathan, UC Davis

May 1

"Noncompetes and Inventor Mobility: Specialist, Stars, and the Michigan Experiment"

Lee Fleming, Harvard Business School

May 8

"The Signaling Value of Parents: Evidence from Semiconductor Start-ups"

Dave Adler, UC Irvine

May 15

Paul Adler, UC Irvine

May 22

AnnLee Saxenian, UC Berkeley

May 29

Kathleen Thelen, Northwestern