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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807009503321

Autore

Burt Ronald S

Titolo

Structural holes : the social structure of competition / / Ronald S. Burt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1992

ISBN

0-674-02909-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 313 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

338.6048

Soggetti

Competition - Social aspects

Competition, Imperfect - Social aspects

Entrepreneurship - Social aspects

Social networks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 1992.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Social Structure of Competition -- 2 Formalizing the Argument -- 3 Turning a Profit -- 4 Getting Ahead -- 5 Player-Structure Duality -- 6 Commit and Survive -- 7 Strategic Embedding and Institutional Residue -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This analysis of the social structural theory of competition focuses on the "structural hole": a gap between two individuals with complementary resources or information. When the two are connected through a third "entrepreneur", the gap is filled, creating important advantages for the entrepreneur.