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The effect of value chain importance on regional economic recovery (2023)
Journal Article
Zádor, Z., Zhu, Z., Smith, M., & Gorgoni, S. (in press). The effect of value chain importance on regional economic recovery. European Planning Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2023.2237537

This paper investigates the link between value chain importance and economic growth for the EU24 regions between 2008 and 2018. It finds that relying more on GVCs worsened regional growth during the financial crisis, but led to higher growth in the l... Read More about The effect of value chain importance on regional economic recovery.

Gender diversity and publication activity—an analysis of STEM in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Sarabi, Y., & Smith, M. (2023). Gender diversity and publication activity—an analysis of STEM in the UK. Research Evaluation, 32(2), 321–331. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvad008

Gender diversity in STEM remains a significant issue, as the field continues to be a male dominated one, despite increased attention on the subject. This article examines the interplay between gender diversity on projects funded by a major UK researc... Read More about Gender diversity and publication activity—an analysis of STEM in the UK.

MPS, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve? (2023)
Journal Article
Smith, M., & Newman, J. (2024). MPS, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve?. Parliamentary Affairs, 77(2), 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsad003

The corporate governance literature has often been concerned with whether individuals with a high number of board directorships are too busy to serve in their role. In the UK, many MPs also hold positions on boards of directors. This raises the quest... Read More about MPS, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve?.

Revealing the Relational Mechanisms of Research for Development Through Social Network Analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Apgar, M., Fournie, G., Haesler, B., Higdon, G. L., Kenny, L., Oppel, A., …Hossain, M. (2023). Revealing the Relational Mechanisms of Research for Development Through Social Network Analysis. European Journal of Development Research, 35(2), 323-350. htt

Achieving impact through research for development programmes (R4D) requires engagement with diverse stakeholders across the research, development and policy divides. Understanding how such programmes support the emergence of outcomes, therefore, requ... Read More about Revealing the Relational Mechanisms of Research for Development Through Social Network Analysis.

Understanding collaboration patterns on funded research projects: A network analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Smith, M., Sarabi, Y., & Christopoulos, D. (2023). Understanding collaboration patterns on funded research projects: A network analysis. Network Science, 11(1), 143-173. https://doi.org/10.1017/nws.2022.33

This paper provides an examination of inter-organizational collaboration in the UK research system. Data are collected on organizational collaboration on projects funded by four key UK research councils: Arts and Humanities Research Council, Economic... Read More about Understanding collaboration patterns on funded research projects: A network analysis.

A Weighted and Normalized Gould–Fernandez brokerage measure (2022)
Journal Article
Zádor, Z., Zhu, Z., Smith, M., & Gorgoni, S. (2022). A Weighted and Normalized Gould–Fernandez brokerage measure. PLOS ONE, 17(9), Article e0274475. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274475

The Gould and Fernandez local brokerage measure defines brokering roles based on the group membership of the nodes from the incoming and outgoing edges. This paper extends on this brokerage measure to account for weighted edges and introduces the Wei... Read More about A Weighted and Normalized Gould–Fernandez brokerage measure.

B Corps – do network ties matter? (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, M., Tan, H., & Weaver, M. (2022, August). B Corps – do network ties matter?. Paper presented at British Academy of Management 2022 Conference, University of Manchester

When a director sits on the boards of directors of multiple firms, linkages are established between these firms which are referred to as director interlocks. Resource dependency theory argues that firms benefit from these interlocks as they have acce... Read More about B Corps – do network ties matter?.

How does the behaviour of the core differ from the periphery? – An international trade network analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Smith, M., & Sarabi, Y. (2022). How does the behaviour of the core differ from the periphery? – An international trade network analysis. Social Networks, 70, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2021.11.001

World systems theory proposes that global trade is stratified into hierarchical groups, a tightly connected core, and a weakly connected periphery. The theory suggests that this hierarchical structure contributes to power imbalances in the global eco... Read More about How does the behaviour of the core differ from the periphery? – An international trade network analysis.