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Entrepreneurship And Local Embeddedness: An Empirical Study On Emerging Countries Mne BranchesGiuliani, Elisa; Gorgoni, Sara; Marin, Anabel; Rabellotti, RobertaOrganizational NetworksInter‐organizational Networks, Innovation Networks, Entrepreneurship, Ego‐centered NetworksFRI.AM1The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the entrepreneurship of MNEs’ subsidiaries and their degree of embeddedness in the localcontext. The paper focuses specifically on the subsidiaries of MNEs from emerging countries localised in advanced countries. In spite of a flourishing literatureon corporate entrepreneurship at the subsidiary level, the literature exploring the relationship between subsidiaries’ entrepreneurship and theirembeddedness in local innovative networks is still scant. This paper aims at filling this gap. First, we investigate the relationship between subsidiaries’entrepreneurship and their degree of emebeddedness by asking whether more entrepreneurship implies more embeddedness. The search for and access toextra‐corporate knowledge requires taking the risk of using alternative sources of knowledge. Thus, subsidiaries that privilege access to extra‐corporateknowledge are likely to be more risk‐taking and proactive than those relying mainly on intra‐corporate knowledge sources. We also investigate the distinctivefeatures of the innovation networks formed by the entrepreneurial subsidiaries relative to the ones developed by non‐entrepreneurial subsidiaries. Are thenetworks formed by entrepreneurial subsidiaries larger? Do they have a particular structure and involve several diverse actors? Local embeddedness isanalysed by looking at both (1) the size and structure of the ego‐network of the subsidiaries; and (2) the characteristics and diversity of the actors in thenetwork. We draw on original primary data collected from the total population of subsidiaries of MNEs from emerging countries, as well as to a control groupof subsidiaries of MNEs from advanced countries in the Italian and German industrial machinery sector. The interviews are based on a semi‐structuredquestionnaire allowing both a qualitative and a quantitative analysis. The quantitative analysis combines ego‐network analysis and standard multivariatestatistics.Examining Public Discourse And Its Impact Through Network AnalysisStephens, Kimberlie J.; Zhao, Ying; Fann Thomas, GailCommunication NetworksText Analysis, Semantic Networks, Discourse Structure, Stakeholder Interaction, Political Participation, Public SpaceFRI.PM1Public participation is an increasingly important aspect of the democratic process. As non‐government organizations, private business and individual citizensseek out ways to be involved in regulation development, government agencies need to understand how to incorporate such participation into their rulemakingroutines. This paper uses the case of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and its attempt at establishing permanent live‐fire zones for training on the GreatLakes. Semantic networks were developed from all the public USCG communication surrounding this event and the transcripts of almost 1,000 publiccomments submitted by citizens and organizations who participated in the comment period. Networks were generated using a program called CollaborativeLearning Agents (CLA) which conducts Lexical Link Analysis (LLA) on text based documents. Networks for each stakeholder group and the USCG were analyzedover time to understand how relationships between the USCG and stakeholder discourse changed. Results show that stakeholder discourse developed into alarge number of network cluster themes almost immediately upon opening of the comment period. Coast Guard discourse, conversely, remained in only a fewcluster themes until after the public comment period closed. Supplemental qualitative analysis of the documents suggests that the dynamics observed in thenetwork analysis were due to the failure of the Coast Guard to engage with the public in the areas of public concern. This contributed to the increasingnegative public opinion and ultimately to the failure of the live‐fire initiative.