ISBN:
9780191530340
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online Ressource (xii, 279 pages)
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Diagramme
Series Statement:
Clarendon lectures in management studies series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Burt, Ronald S. Brokerage and closure
DDC:
302.3/501
Keywords:
Social capital (Sociology)
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Social capital (Sociology)
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Electronic books
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Soziales Netzwerk
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Soziales Kapital
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Unternehmen
Abstract:
Social Capital, the advantage created by location in social structure, is a critical element in business strategy. Who has it, how it works, and how to develop it have become key questions as markets, organizations, and careers become more and more dependent on informal, discretionary relationships. The formal organization deals with accountability; Everything else flows through the informal: advice, coordination, cooperation friendship, gossip, knowledge, trust.Informal relations have always been with us, they have always mattered. What is new is the range of activities in which they now matter, and the emerging clarity we have about how they create advantage for certain people at the expense of others. This is done by brokerage and closure. Ronald S. Burt builds on his celebrated work in this area to explore how these elements work together to define social capital.
Abstract:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Introduction -- 1. The Social Capital of Structural Holes -- Brokerage -- Example Organization -- Corroboration -- Kinds of People -- Kinds of Relations -- Conclusions -- 2. Creativity and Learning -- Vision Advantage -- Good Ideas -- Corroboration -- Contagious Ideas -- Adaptive Implementation -- Conclusions -- 3. Closure, Trust, and Reputation -- Closure and Embedding -- Evidence of Trust -- Evidence of Social Capital -- Conclusions -- 4. Closure, Echo, and Rigidity -- Bandwidth and Echo -- Evidence of Distrust -- Character Assassination -- Network Stability -- Conclusions -- 5. Images of Equilibrium -- Network Model and Austrian Metaphor -- Enduring Advantage -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- Footnotes -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5.
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