The definition of “empire” presupposes a relationship between a dominant core and peripheries. This talk turns the metropole into a conceptual and empirical puzzle, asking why, what, how and when ...

How time flies in the Middle East, where a regional alliance can be formed at sunrise and then—surprise!—break up at sunset. From that perspective, the relative durability of what became known as the ...

Citations: Gulati, Ranjay, David Kletter. 2005. Shrinking Core, Expanding Periphery: The Relational Architecture of High-Performing Organizations. California ...