Relational methodologies and epistemology in economics and management sciences

Table of Contents: “…Network analysis for economics and management studies / Lucio Biggiero -- NK simulation modeling / Lucio Biggiero -- Neural network models: usefulness and limitations / Eliano Pessa -- Agent-based simulation modeling: definitions and a methodological proposal / Marco Valente -- A comparison between international trade and R&D collaboration networks in the European aerospace sector / Pier Paolo Angelini, Lucio Biggiero -- An international trade comparison of two supposedly different sectors: an investigation on inter-sectoral diversity and sectoral trade stability / Mario Basevi, Lucio Biggiero -- A methodology to measure the hierarchical degree of formal organizations / Lucio Biggiero, Antonio Mastrogiorgio -- The role of proximity in inter-organizational network evolution: an application of actor-oriented modeling for longitudinal network analysis / Pier Paolo Angelini -- The role of knowledge heterogeneity in industrial clusters knowledge dynamics: an application of the Boolean network simulation modeling / Lucio Biggiero, Marco Valente -- Innovations and organizational structures / Marco Valente -- Neural network modeling for organizational psychology / Eliano Pessa -- Knowledge creation, growth, and transfer within industrial networks of practices: the role of absorptive capacity and direct centrality / Lucio Biggiero, Mario Basevi -- On the relationships between connection modes and workgroup performance: the moderating role of group size and task complexity / Lucio Biggiero, Enrico Sevi -- Knowledge-driven agglomeration processes: an agent-based simulation study / Nunzia Carbonara -- Conclusion: methodological pluralism and epistemology between and beyond relational methods…”