Social relations are crucial for understanding diverse economic actions and a network perspective is central to that explanation. Simple exchanges involving money, labor, and commodities combine into complexly connected systems.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures ix
Preface xi
1 Economics and Social Networks 1
Mainstream and Alternative Economic Theories 3
The Economic Sociology Perspective 13
The Social Network Perspective 21
Summary and Outline of the Book 24
2 Markets and Networks 25
Labor Markets 28
Consumer Markets 41
Producer Markets 56
Summary 64
3 Networks inside Organizations 66
Micro-Network Concepts 69
Social Capital 75
Forming Employee Networks 81
Network Outcomes 90
Team Networking 105
Summary 110
4 Networks among Organizations 111
Business Startup Networks 112
Business Groups 118
Interlocking Directorates 128
Strategic Alliances 131
Evolution of Interorganizational Networks 146
Summary 155
5 Global Networks 157
International Networks 158
Supply and Commodity Chains 163
World Cities Networks 165
A Transnational Capitalist Class? 171
Networks of the Global Financial Crisis 177
Summary 186
6 Looking Forward 187
Theory Construction 188
Empirical Tools 191
Connecting Economy and Polity 193
Appendix: Network Resources 197
References 200
Index 232
