1 This research was supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Communication and Information Technologies Ontario. At the University of Toronto, I have received support from the Centre for Urban and C ommun ity Studies, the Department of Socio logy, and the Knowled ge Media Design Institute. I would like to express my appreciation to B arry Wellman, my collabo...

A large literature identifies unique organizational capabilities as a potent source of competitive advantage, yet our knowledge of why capabilities fail to diffuse more rapidly—particularly in situations in which competitors apparently have strong incentives to adopt them and a well developed understanding of how they work— remains incomplete. In this paper we suggest that competitively signifi...

From the INSERM, Centre d’Investigation Clinique CIC-P 9501, Nancy, F-54000 France (RE, RF, FZ, PR) ; CHU Nancy, Department of Cardiology, Nancy, F-54000 France (FZ) ; Université de Lorraine, Nancy, F-54000 France (FZ, PR) ; INSERM, U1116, Nancy, F54000 France (FZ, PR) ; Clermont Université, Université d’Auvergne, UMR6284, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand France (RE) ; CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Department ...

Exactly 150 years after publication of the Communist Manifesto, inequality looms large on the global agenda. In the United States, the income of the poorest 20 percent of households has declined steadily since the early 1970s. Meanwhile, the income of the richest 20 percent has increased by 15 percent and that of the top 1 percent by more than 100 percent. In Asia, the high concentrations of we...

Composition du jury Rapporteurs : Pierre Cornelis, Professeur VIB, Université de Bruxelles Marie-Dominique Devignes, CR CNRS LORIA, Nancy Examinateurs : Daslav Hranueli, Professeur PBF, Université de Zagreb Philippe Jacques, Professeur ProBioGEM, Université de Lille 1 Valérie Leclere, Mâıtre de conférences ProBioGEM, Université de Lille 1 Maude Pupin, Mâıtre de conférences LIFL-INRIA, Universit...

Christophe SIMON Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1, ESSTIN 2 Rue Jean Lamour, 54519 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France Tél : +33 (0)383 685 134 Fax : +33 (0)383 685 001 email: [email protected] Frédérique BICKING Université Henri Poincaré Nancy 1, ESSTIN 2 Rue Jean Lamour, 54519 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France Tél : +33 (0)383 685 134 Fax : +33 (0)383 685 001 email: Frederiq...

Xavier ANTOINE, Yuexia HUANG, Ya Yan LU Institut Elie Cartan Nancy (IECN), Nancy-Université, CNRS, INRIA Corida Team, Boulevard des Aiguillettes, B.P. 239 F-54506, Vandoeuvre-lés-Nancy Cedex, France. Email: [email protected] Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee...