***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** Dear all, below an overview of the presentations in the Corporate Network track at this years Sunbelt. (note, there have been some last minute changes) Looking forward! *Schedule for Corporate Networks Track at the XXXVI Sunbelt Conference* Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa Newport Beach, CA April 5 - April 10, 2016 *(presenters are mentioned)* *Friday – PM2: politics & lobbying* *PM2* *Salon 5* *Time* 16:00 Corporate Elite Campaign Donations and Political Behavior: The Case of Proposed Labor Legislation *Anna Jacobs* 16:20 Business Unity and Corporate Responses To Social Movement Protest *Tarun Banerjee* 16:40 The US Business Roundtable, Large Corporations and Congressional Lobbying *Bruce Cronin* 17:00 Political Contributions Pre and Post Citizens United *Roy Barnes* 17:20 END *Saturday – AM1: inner circle & elite cohesion* *PM1* *Sunset* *Time* 8:20 8:40 9:00 Social Entrenchment: Social Network Cohesion and Board Responsiveness To Shareholder Activism, 1998-2013 *Richard Benton* 9:20 Boosting Tech Innovation Ecosystems in Cities, A Framework For Growth and Sustainability of Urban Tech Innovation Ecosystems *Nga Nguyen, Victor Mulas* 9:40 Who Controls The Indian Economy: The Role of Families and Communities in The Structure and Evolution of The Indian Intercorporate Network 2001, 2005 and 2009 *Dalhia Mani* 10:00 Investigation of Operational Strategies and Organisational Structures of Multinational Private Water Companies *Yasaman Sarabi* 12:20 END *Saturday – PM2: inner circle & elite cohesion* *PM2* *Salon 4* *Time* 16:00 Globalists in The American Inner Circle *Joshua Murray* 16:20 Refineries of Denial: A Fossil Fuel Power Structure At Koch Industries’ Political Strategy Meetings *Michael Dreiling* 16:40 Pluralism and Elitism in The Global Corporate Elite: A Big Data Network Analysis Approach *Eelke Heemskerk* 17:00 Discussant *Bill Domhoff* 17:20 END *Sunday – AM1: analyzing corporate networks* *AM1* *Salon 4* *Time* 8:40 Stability and Change in Corporate Governance Networks *Lasse Folke Hendriksen* 9:00 On Data Quality in Big Corporate Network Analysis *Javier Garcia-Bernardo* 9:20 Search in Networks With Vacancies: The Case of Board Interlocks *Mitri Kitti* 9:40 Friends in Low Places: Dynamics of Tie Formation Following Financial Restatements *Howerd, Withers and Jones* 10:00 The Naissance and Geographical Spread of Quantitative Research Into Corporate Interlocks *Meindert Fennema * *Sunday – AM2: dynamics within corporate networks* *AM2* *Salon 5* *Time* 10:40 11:00 How Do Firms' Networks Affect Their Participation in Business Seminars and Subsequent Behaviors? Evidence From A Randomized Controlled Trial in Vietnam *Shimamoto* 12:20 The Silicon Valley Wage Cartel: How Cartel Membership Spreads and Its Impact On Management Job Transitions *Mackay and Wilson* 11:40 END 12:00 1220 _____________________________________________________________________ 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.