Circuits of Profit: Business Network Research Conference January 27, 2010

Network science, as a maturing field, offers a unique perspective to tackle complex problems, impenetrable to our conventional, linear-proportional thinking. Witnessing a decade of explosive growth, researchers in this field unveiled principles of networked behavior in a wide range of fields, from the evolution of the Internet, to networks of friendship, disease transmission, ecological interactions and economic transactions. The economy is a vast and complex system of links, where network approaches can become powerful tools for competitive advantage. The aim of this international conference is to bring together applied network researchers and practitioners to discuss experiences in applying network science to problems in organizational restructuring, political lobbying and corruption, marketing, and finance.

Registration

Participation is free for all, but subject to registration. Please register by sending an e-mail to the contact address.

Program

8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcome, John Shattuck President and Rector, CEU

9:05 Keynote lecture

Albert-László Barabási: Network Science – From the Web to Economics

9:40 Organizational development

Roberto Dandi: Social Network Analysis: A New Perspective for the Post-Fordist Organization

Zsuzsa Szvetelszky and Balázs Szekfű – Darwin’s Memetic Network Research

István Görgényi: Threat or Treasure: Informal Leaders of Social Networks by the Hunting Territory Model

10:50 Coffee break

11:10 Social media

Brunó Bitter: Facebook Connect, Media and Social Networks

Balázs Bodó: The Pirates of the Pirates of the Caribbean: File-sharing Networks as Distributed Archives and Context Creating Networks

Katalin Orosz: Social media networks: Online community mapping

12:30 Lunch break

13:30 Politics & Business

Zoltán Szántó and István János Tóth: Self Government Corruption in Hungary

Miklós Fekete: Economic Crime in a Downturn; Hungarian Report

Harald Katzmair: Influencer Mapping: A New Technology and Framework in Lobbying, Public Affairs and Campaigning

14:40 Coffee break

15:00 Finance

Bálint Diószegi: Productivity of Bank Branches – A Social Network Approach

Peter Ruppert: Integrating Network Analysis with Business Intelligence

Gyula Kovács, Miklós Krész, and András Pluhár – The Spread of Infection in Real Networks

16:10 Closure

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Official Website: http://www.ceu.hu/cns/circuits