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In studies of inter-organizational relations (lOR's), there is a tendency to look at dyads of flrms, and to consider networks as aggregates of such dyads. But there are several roles for a third party; a go-between. This chapter looks at a go-between not in the sense of a middleman who intermediates in existing production or trade, such as an agent, wholesaler, retailer, and not in the sense of an entrepreneur who intermediates in the realization of new potential in connecting supply and demand. It looks at a go between in the sense of a relationship counsellor for the development and maintenance of social capital; providing support in setting up, adapting and ending cooperative relations between others. Or, in yet different terms: to help in the embedding of relati ons, in Granovetter's (1985) sense (Uzzi 1997a). Such roles may be performed by middlemen or entrepreneurs, but also by specialized agents who do not playa direct role in linking stages in a chain of production and distribution, as middlemen and entrepreneurs typically do. Indeed, some of the roles require an independence that is served by not having a direct stake in the relations that need to be developed. I propose that the analysis yields a perspective for looking at the roles of trade and industry associations in European business systems, and of banks and trading houses in Japanese enterprise groups (Kigyo Shudan).
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Table of contents (27 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Conceptual Issues theory, models, and measurement
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Front Matter
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Structure at the Individual Level social capital in jobs and careers
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Structure at the Individual Level social capital and management
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Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Corporate Social Capital and Liability
Editors: Roger Th. A. J. Leenders, Shaul M. Gabbay
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5027-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-8501-1Published: 31 July 1999
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7284-4Published: 01 November 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-5027-3Published: 09 March 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 562
Topics: Business and Management, general, Marketing, Management, Sociology, general