***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Apologies for cross-posting */Call for Papers/* * * */Network Models of Economic Embeddedness/* / / / A Special Issue of *Sociological Focus*/ / / */Sociological Focus/*/ invites papers that directly contribute to the understanding of social networks and their role in the economy./ / / /Papers are particularly encouraged in the following topical areas:/ * Network analysis of economic policy and regulation, * Social networks and financial markets, * Dynamic analysis of economic and business networks * Co-evolution of business actors and relational patterns * Social networks and venture capital investments, * Social networks and corporate governance, * Discursive networks and financial documents, * Social networks and tacit knowledge creation, maintenance, and transfer, * Social networks and word of mouth marketing, * Economic and sociological accounts of the network economy, * Interlocking directors and business elite networks, * Qualitative methods in economic network research, * Social capital and economic performance, * Network models of industrial and competitive analysis * Virtual and online organizations * Global business interface /For further information about this special issue, please contact the guest editor,/ / *Ilan Talmud*, Department of Sociology and Anthropology,/ /University of Haifa//, Israel//, [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>./ / / /Requirements are available at the journal's web site:/ / / /http://www.ncsanet.org/sociological_focus/Microsoft%20Word%20/ /%20NOTICE%20TO%20CONTRIBUTORS%20Sociological%20Focus.pdf/ / / All manuscripts will be peer reviewed and in accordance to the journal style. Submit complete manuscripts to */Sociological Focus/*, www.sociologicalfocus.net <http://www.sociologicalfocus.net/> The deadline for submission of completed papers is June 31, 2010. -- Ilan Talmud, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa Phones: 972-4-8240992 (office direct) 972-4-8240995 / 8249505 (secretaries) (cell) 972-522-220914 Fax: 972-4-8240819 http://soc.haifa.ac.il/~talmud/ http://soc.haifa.ac.il/community _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.