Networks In and Around Organizations / Edition 1

by Samuel Bacharach, David Knoke, B. Bacharach Samuel B. Bacharach

Overview

This work on networks in and around organizations is part of a series that considers the theoretical, methodological and research issues relevant to organizational sociology. Both micro and macro sociological approaches are emphasized.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762304738
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	04/01/1999
Series:	Research in the Sociology of Organizations Series
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.69(d)

Table of Contents

Bringing in time - dynamics of network structure: on the evolution of social and organizational networks, Kathleen M. Carley; the dynamics of inter-organizational relationships, Mark Ebers. Conceptualizing organizations and environments: local and global institutional processes, Patrick Doreian, Katherine L. Woodard; make or buy? the relationships and the organization of a firm's financial capital structure - the case of the middle market, Brian Uzi, James J. Gillespie. Networks and organizational performance: network position and firm performance - organizational returns to collaboration in the biotechnology industry, Walter W. Powell et al; positional consequences of strategic alliances in the semiconductor industry, Toby E. Stuart, Joel M. Podolny; the ties that torture - Simmelians tie analysis in organizations, David Krakhardt. Identities and meanings in networks: organizational structures, cultures and identities - overlaps and divergences, Steven B. Andrews et al; networks of competitive advantage, Joe Galaskiewicz, Akbar Zaheer; organizational constraints on personal network formation, Pamela A. Popielarz.