Corporate Social Capital and Liability

Introduction: CSC: The Structure of Advantage and Disadvantage; S.M. Gabbay, R.Th.A.J. Leenders. Section I: Conceptual Issues - Theory, Models, and Measurement. 1. Organizational Networks and Corporate Social Capital; D. Knoke. 2. Social Capital of Organization: Conceptualization, Level of Analysis, and Performance Implications; J.M. Pennings, K. Lee. 3. A Relational Resource Perspective on Social Capital; L. Araujo, G. Easton. 4. Social Capital by Design: Structures, Strategies, and Institutional Context; W.E. Baker, D. Obstfeld. 5. Corporate Social Capital and Liability: a Conditional Approach to Three Consequences of Corporate Social Structure; I. Talmud. 6. Dimensions of Corporate Social Capital: Toward Models and Measures; S.-K. Han, R.L. Breiger. 7. Organizational Standing as Corporate Social Capital; P. Doreian. 8. Customer Service Dyads: Diagnosing Emperical Buyer - Seller Interactions along Gaming Profiles in a Dyadic Parametric Space; D. Iacobucci. Section II: Structure at the Individual Level - Social Capital in Jobs and Careers. 9. The Sidekick Effect: Mentoring Relationships and the Development of Social Capital; M. Higgins, N. Nohria. 10. Social Capital in Internal Staffing Practices; P.V. Marsden, E.H. Gorman. 11. Getting a Job as a Manager; H. Flap, E. Boxman. 12. The Changing Value of Social Capital in an Expanding Social System: Lawyers in the Chicago Bar, 1975 and 1995; R.L. Sandefur, et al. Section III: Structure at the Individual Level &endash; Social Capital and Management. 13. Generalized Exchange and Economic Performance: Social Embeddedness of Labor Contracts in a Corporate Law Partnership; E. Lazega. 14. CEO Demographics and Acquisitions: Network Effects of Educational and Functional Background; P.R. Haunschild, et al. 15. Public Service Organizations &endash; Social Networks and Social Capital; E. Ferlie. 16. The Dark Side of Social Capital; M. Gargiulo, M. Benassi. 17. Social Capital, Social Liabilities, and Social Resources Management; D.J. Brass, G. Labianca. Section IV: Structure at the Firm Level &endash; Social Capital in Collaboration and Alliances. 18. The Triangle: Roles of the Go-Between; B. Nooteboom. 19. The Management of Social Capital in R&D Collaboration; O. Omta, W. van Rossum. 20. Technological Prestige and the Accumulation of Alliance Capital; T.E. Stuart. 21. Networks and Knowledge Production: Collaboration and Patenting in Biotechnology; L. Smith-Doerr, et al. 22. Supply Network Strategy and Social Capital; C. Harland. Section V: Structure at the Firm Level &endash; Social Capital and Financial Capital. 23. Choosing Ties from the Inside of a Prism: Egocentric Uncertainty and Status in Venture Capital Markets; J.M. Podolny, F. Castellucci. 24. Corporate Social Capital and the Cost of Financial Capital: An Embeddedness Approach; B. Uzzi, J.J. Gillespie. 25. Venture Capital as an Economy of Time; J. Freeman. Conclusion. References. Index. Contributors. Editors.