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This book gives examples of how management's knowledge of an organization's social networks can improve results in a number of areas. This is a certain type of SNA that applies to communications networks within organizations. |
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This book gives some of the science behind networking and shows how, using knowledge of social networks, to make sure your personal networks are the healthiest. |
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This looks at a number of apparel firms and looks at the positive and negative consequences of embeddedness. This is an empircal study that can provide strategic insight for both organizations and regional planning. |
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Though institutions and organizations are not always the same (shaking hands is an institution), organizations are institutions. |
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This is a challenging paper on organizations that is well worth reading. Padgett is a close associate of Harrison White and the "Identity and Control" in the title of this paper refers to the same abstraction Harrison White refers to in his book. This paper is about organizations, but "Florentine innovation ultimately is to be explained by the social construction of a new type of person." The social construction of reality is a key part of social network theory and John Padgett is one of the most highly regarded scholars. |
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This paper is on an aspect of SNA that can prove to have real value. It is similar to what Rob Cross and Andrew Parker talk about in "The Hidden Power of Social Networks" above. |
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