Friends and Foes: The Dynamics of Dual Social Structures

This paper investigates the evolutionary dynamics of a dual social structure encompassing collaboration and conflict among corporate actors. We apply and advance structural balance theory to examine the formation of balanced and unbalanced dyadic and triadic structures, and to explore how these dynamics aggregate to shape the emergence of a global network. Our findings are threefold. First, we find that existing collaborative or conflictual relationships between two companies engender future relationships of the same type, but crowd out relationships of the different type. This results in (a) an increased likelihood of the formation of balanced (uniplex) relationships that combine multiple ties of either collaboration or conflict, and (b) a reduced likelihood of the formation of unbalanced (multiplex) relationships that combine collaboration and conflict between the same two firms. Second, we find that network formation is driven not by a pull toward balanced triads, but rather by a pull away from unbalanced triads. Third, we find that the observed micro-level dynamics of dyads and triads affect the structural segregation of the global network into two separate collaborative and conflictual segments of firms. Our empirical analyses used data on strategic partnerships and patent infringement and antitrust lawsuits in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals from 1996 to 2006

Foundation Confronts the Disparities in Both the Disease Burden and Death Rates for African Americans Suffering From Heart Failure; Landmark Trial Signals Improved Quality of Care for African Americans with Heart Failure

Between the ages of 45 and 64, African American males have a 70% higher risk for heart failure than Caucasian males. African American females between the ages of 45 and 54 have a 50% greater risk of developing heart failure than Caucasian females. The earlier onset of disease means higher rates of hospitalization, earlier disability, and higher rates of premature death (death before the age of 65)(1). This dramatic difference in health status and health outcomes can be attributed to a variety of factors, including lack of access to quality medical care. The National Minority Health Month Foundation (the Foundation) is pleased to recognize the potential advancements in treatment for heart failure in African Americans represented by the recently completed African American Heart Failure Trial (A- HeFT)

Multimedia University Students Come Out Tops at The Frost & Sullivan Public Sector Case Challenge Malaysia 2013

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan, together with its Strategic Partners Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM) and Mahindra Satyam, recognized and celebrated innovative young leaders at the inaugural Frost & Sullivan Public Sector Case Challenge Malaysia 2013 on 10 April 2013 at the Mahindra Satyam Malaysia Global Solution Center in Cyberjaya. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER

Malaysia's First Virtual Multimedia University Leverages CA's Unicenter TNG to Help Ensure Availability of Internet Resources

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Computer Associates International, Inc. (CA) (NYSE: CA) and University Tun Abdul Razak (Unitar) today announced that Unitar has selected CA's Unicenter TNG to help ensure maximum availability and access to the University's Internet resources. As part of the Smart School Project, a key Malaysian government initiative to revamp the country's education system, Unitar students study in local centers and use CD-ROM courseware that consists of video graphics, animation and sound. Students participate via e- mail, online chat rooms and videoconference in virtual classrooms. As an Internet-based institution of higher learning, Unitar is heavily dependent on technology to deliver its educational objectives. With plans for four regional centers and 11 satellite centers over the next five years -- and with enrollment expected to grow more than one hundred-fold to 40,000 -- the University needed a comprehensive solution that could centrally manage its IT environment as well as its expected growth. After an extensive evaluation, Unitar selected Unicenter TNG

New MMU-Motorola Wireless Broadband Technology Lab Opens at Multimedia University in Malaysia

MOT today announced that Motorola Technology Sdn Bhd ("Motorola Penang") has set up a new MMU-Motorola Wireless Broadband Technology Lab at Multimedia University ("MMU"), Cyberjaya, providing a conducive wireless network environment for students and faculty members to conduct applied research on the latest wireless broadband technologies. [...] Motorola is establishing a seamless campus-wide wireless broadband network by using its MOTOMESH Duo and Canopy network solutions, allowing more than 10,000 MMU students and faculty members to access the Internet anywhere in the MMU campus