The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes

By Mark S. Granovetter. 2005

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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The Economic Impact of Social Ties: Evidence from German Reunification* (2011, result): “…social ties and economic growth is consistent with a large class of models in which social ties provide ‘social’ collateral for economic transactions (Greif, 1993; Besley and Coate, 1995) or reduce informational frictions (Varian, 1990; Stiglitz, 1990), it has proven impossible to identify…”
Performance Implications of Mismatched Governance Regimes across External and Internal Relationships (2011, background): “Similarly, sociologists (e.g., Granovetter 2005) have pointed to the commonality of mixed courses of action but stopped short of articulating the likely processes and their effects.”
Mobile Money and Financial Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Moderating Role of Social Networks (2018, neutral): “The networks theory posits that node centrality, density, robustness, and transitivity that enhances the strength and level of interaction between actors a ﬀ ect the degree of information ﬂ ow and sharing (see e.g. Granovetter, 2004; Katz, Lazer, Arrow, & Contractor, 2005; van Bastelaer, 2000b).”
The future of in-store technology (2019, background): “In turn, these weak ties are more likely to transfer novel and innovative information (Burt 1992; Granovetter 2005).”
Imagined futures: fictional expectations in the economy (2013, background): “The imagination that the trust conferred in a business partner will not be exploited is facilitated by social networks (Granovetter 2005) and an effective legal system (Coleman 1990).”
Asset specificity and foreign market entry mode choice of small and medium-sized enterprises: The moderating influence of knowledge safeguards and institutional safeguards (2012, background): “Second, when both business partners are members of the same network, an internationalizing SME can benefit from collective sanctions to protect against opportunistic behavior by a partner (Granovetter, 2005).”
Expressive Versus Consumptive Blog Use: Implications for Interpersonal Discussion and Political Participation (2013, background): “Recent research has expanded on the importance of heterogeneous networks, which include “weak ties,” and found that the nature and form of personal networks has an impact on economic and social values (Granovetter, 2005).”
Frugal innovation: aligning theory, practice, and public policy (2014, background): “(3) create trust in the face of impending opportunism through obligations and expectations (Coleman, 1988; Granovetter, 2005).”
What Mix Matters? Exploring the Relationships between Individuals' Incomes and Different Measures of their Neighbourhood Context (2007, background): “…networks theory is even more ambiguous in its implications, torn as it is between the potential benefits of strong ties fostered by owngroup homogeneity versus those of extra-group weak ties, whose balance varies depending on the circumstance (Granovetter, 2005; Ionnides & Datcher Loury, 2004).”