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Week 8: MODULE 5: Economic Networks
Reading Group- Introductory Papers to Complexity Tools
Location:
Online
Type:
Other
Virtual Project
YSI Presenters
Description
Readings:
- Walter W. Powell, "Neither Market nor Hierarchy: Network Forms of Organization" (1989)
- Lyon, F. Trust, Networks and Norms: The Creation of Social Capital in Agricultural Economies in Ghana. World Development 28, 663–681 (2000).
Discussion questions:
- In developing parts of the world, what does "the market" actually look like? Is it different for different goods?
- Is it helpful to consider "network forms of organization"?
Hosted by Working Group(s):
Organizers
Attendees
Rutuja Uttarwar
MAROUANE MASNAOUI
Taylor B. Anderson
Abeer Al-Eryani
Luis Valles
Dilshani Ranawaka
Joseph Hickey
Michael Joffe
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