Event Details

Feb
23

Economic Sociology Meets Economic Geography

Speaker

Various Speakers

Sponsor

Center on Organizational Innovation

Location

Room 509 Knox Hall, 606 West 122 Street

Time

1:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Description

Welcome — 1:00 p.m.
Josh Whitford and David Stark, co-organizers

Panel 1 —  1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Moderated by Elena Krumova
Damon Phillips (Columbia University, New York)
“Geography and the Long-Run Appeal of Early Jazz Recordings”

Debbie Becher (Barnard College, New York)
“Government Legitimacy and Valuation: When Protecting Property's Values Means Taking Property Titles”

Koen Frenken (Eindhoven Technical University, Eindhoven)
“In the Loop: A Theoretical and Empirical Approach to Reciprocity Cycles in Directed Networks”

Panel 2 — 3:15 - 5:00 p.m. Moderated by Olivia Nicol
Josh Whitford (Columbia University, New York)
“When networks fail”

Gernot Grabher (Hafen City University, Hamburg)
“Distance as an Asset: Knowledge Production in Hybrid Virtual Networks”

Mathijs de Vaan, Balazs Vedres, and David Stark (Columbia University, New York)
“Disruptive Diversity and Recurring Cohesion: Assembling Creative Teams in the Video Game Industry, 1979-2009”

Panel Discussion — 5:15 - 6:30 p.m. Moderated by Josh Whitford
Jamie Peck (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
“Polanyi in the Pilbara”
Discussants: Koen Frenken, Gernot Grabher, and David Stark!

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