Winter 2006, Tuesdays 3:00-4:30 in Hyde Park Center, Room 3B

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. To get to the workshop from the Social Science building, go past the Rockefeller Chapel to the Hyde Park Center (the new building for the GSB). The workshop room, 3B, is on the third floor, on the west side of the atrium. Whenever possible, papers are made available in advance of the workshop. To download a paper, click on the highlighted text. This workshop page can be reached by going to http://www.chicagogsb.edu/research//workshops, then clicking on the Workshop in Organizations and Markets. You will need a copy of Adobe Reader to read the downloaded file (click on Reader for a free copy if you don't already have one). For further information, or to schedule time to meet with an outside speaker, please contact the workshop coordinator for the winter quarter, Matt Bothner (mbothner@chicagogsb.edu).

January 10

“How does Status Affect Inertia?”

Matt Bothner (University of Chicago, mbothner@chicagogsb.edu, Bothner.pdf)

January 24

“Complex Contagion and the Weakness of Long Ties”

Michael Macy (Cornell University, mwm14@cornell.edu, Macy.pdf)

January 31

“Here a Chief, There a Chief: The Rise of the CFO in the American Firm”

Dirk Zorn (McKinsey & Company, dirkzorn@alumni.princeton.edu, Zorn.pdf)

 February 7

“Recruitment to a Virtual Organization: Does a Referral Matter?”

Valery Yakubovich (University of Chicago, valery@chicagogsb.edu, Yakubovich.pdf)

February 14

“With Strings Attached: The Determinants of Donor Choice"

Emily Barman (Boston University, eabarman@bu.edu, Barman.pdf)

February 21

“Balancing Brokerage in the Staffing Sector: Relative Tie Strength and Prices in a Triadic Market”

Isabel Fernandez-Mateo (London Business School, ifernandezmateo@london.edu, Fernandez-Mateo.pdf)

February 28

"Social Structure and Exchange: Self-Confirming Dynamics in Hollywood"

OIav Sorenson(UCLA, olav.sorenson@anderson.ucla.edu, Sorenson.pdf)

March 7

“Space and Governance in New Old Economy Manufacturing Industries”

Gary Herrigel (University of Chicago, g-herrigel@uchicago.edu, Herrigel.pdf)

March 14

“Affirmative Action at Work: Recruitment vs. Formal Promotion Systems”

Frank Dobbin (Harvard University, frank_dobbin@harvard.edu)