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| Contributors | vii | |
| Acknowledgments | xi | |
| Chapter 1 | Introduction:
On the Formation and Decay of Interdisciplinary Boundaries Joel Podolny and James E. Rauch | 1 |
| PART I | THE ECONOMICS APPROACH
| 17 |
| Chapter 2 | Literature Review: The Study of Social Networks in Economics
Matthew O. Jackson | 19 |
| Chapter 3 | Illustration: The Formation of Industrial Supply Networks
Rachel Kranton and Deborah Minehart | 44 |
| PART II | THE SOCIOLOGY APPROACH
| 77 |
| Chapter 4 | Literature Review: The Formation of Inter-Organizational
Networks Toby E. Stuart | 79 |
| Chapter 5 | Illustration: Closure and Stability--Persistent Reputation
and Enduring Relations Among Bankers and Analysts
Ronald S. Burt | 100 |
| PART III | MELDING THE ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY APPROACHES
| 145 |
| Chapter 6 | On Firmer Ground: The Collaborative Team as
Strategic Research Site for Verifying
Network-Based Social-Capital Hypotheses Ray E. Reagans, Ezra Zuckerman, and Bill McEvily | 147 |
| Chapter 7 | Network Decay in Traditional Economies Kaivan Munshi and Mark Rosenzweig | 183 |
| Chapter 8 | Clusters and Bridges in Networks of Entrepreneurs James E. Rauch and Joel Watson | 210 |
| Index | 237 |
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JAMES E. RAUCH is professor of economics at the University
of California, San Diego, and research associate at the National
Bureau of Economic Research.
RONALD S. BURT is the Hobart W. Williams Professor of Sociology and Strategy at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. MATTHEW O. JACKSON is professor of economics at Stanford University and director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics. RACHEL KRANTON is professor of economics at the University of Maryland. BILL MCEVILY is an associate professor of strategic management at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. DEBORAH MINEHART is associate professor of economics at the University of Maryland. KAIVAN MUNSHI is professor of economics at Brown University. JOEL M. PODOLNY is the Dean and William S. Beinecke Professor of Management at the Yale School of Management. MARK ROSENZWEIG is the Frank Altschul Professor of Economics at Yale University. TOBY STUART is the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. JOEL WATSON is professor and chairperson of economics at the University of California, San Diego. EZRA W. ZUCKERMAN is associate professor of strategic management and economic sociology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management.
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