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dc.contributor.advisorO'Brien, David J., 1941-eng
dc.contributor.authorHarris, Keith D.eng
dc.date.issued2012eng
dc.date.submitted2012 Falleng
dc.descriptionTitle from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on February 27, 2013).eng
dc.descriptionThe entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file.eng
dc.descriptionDissertation advisor: Dr. David J. O'Brieneng
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.descriptionVita.eng
dc.descriptionPh. D. University of Missouri--Columbia 2012.eng
dc.description"December 2012"eng
dc.description.abstractThe research combines network theory with aspects of social network analysis to identify and explicate the strong and weak ties in bioscience network. Data was gathered from personal interviews and a survey of 22 organizations to explore the economic interactions within a network of public, private and civic organizations engaged in commercializing animal health and nutrition products. The analysis shows that the patterns of relations follow a functional logic. That is, weak ties are more dominate in a network where access to knowledge and resources are important. These findings are consistent with previous network theory research from Mark Granovetter's strength of weak tie hypothesis that economic action is embedded in ongoing social ties.eng
dc.description.bibrefIncludes bibliographical references.eng
dc.format.extentxii, 183 pageseng
dc.identifier.oclc872569158eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.32469/10355/33035eng
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/33035
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertationseng
dc.rightsOpenAccess.eng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.subjectnetwork theoryeng
dc.subjectsocial network analysiseng
dc.subjectbioscience networkeng
dc.subjectanimal nutrition productseng
dc.titleA case study of a bio-science network : the Kansas City animal health and nutrition corridoreng
dc.typeThesiseng
thesis.degree.disciplineRural sociology (MU)eng
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Columbiaeng
thesis.degree.levelDoctoraleng
thesis.degree.namePh. D.eng


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