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INTRODUCTION: ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY
Bruce G. CarruthersIn the past several years, economic sociology has grown into a new speciality within sociology. Numerous edited volumes, survey articles and handbooks herald its arrival and mark…
RECENT TRENDS IN INSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY
John L. CampbellInterest in developing institutional explanations of political and economic behavior has blossomed among social scientists since the early 1980s. Three intellectual perspectives…
NETWORKS AND GOVERNANCE IN TRADE ASSOCIATIONS: AEIC AND NELA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AMERICAN ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY 1885–1910
Chi‐nien ChungIn this paper, I demonstrate an alternative explanation to the development of the American electricity industry. I propose a social embeddedness approach (Granovetter, 1985, 1992…
TOWARDS A NETWORK PERSPECTIVE ON ORGANIZATIONAL DECLINE
Brian UzziAnalysis of organizational decline has become central to the study of economy and society. Further advances in this area may fail however, because two major literatures on the…
MICRO‐LENDING INSTITUTIONS: USING SOCIAL NETWORKS TO CREATE PRODUCTIVE CAPABILITIES
Denise L. AnthonyFinancial service institutions design commercial lending mechanisms for small businesses with specific kinds of business owners in mind, that is, owners who already own or have…
MANAGING STATE‐OWNED ENTERPRISES: LESSONS FROM INDIA
Vibha PingléState‐owned enterprises (SOEs), in general, have not been successful. Their indifferent performance has been at the center of the debate about the role of the state in the…
LAND TENURE, HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE, AND FERTILITY: AGGREGATE ANALYSES OF FIFTEENTH‐CENTURY RURAL TUSCANCOMMUNITIES
Rebecca Jean EmighIn some settings, sharecropping is associated with large extended families, high fertility, and early age of marriage. These demographic practices are often considered to be labor…
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