<em class="italic">Structural Holes</em> Capstone, Cautions, and Enthusiasms

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Structural Holes Capstone, Cautions, and Enthusiasms

from III - Later Foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 2021

Ronald S. Burt

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Mario L. Small,

Brea L. Perry,

Bernice Pescosolido and

Edward B. Smith

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Mario L. Small: Affiliation:
Harvard University, Massachusetts
Brea L. Perry: Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Bernice Pescosolido: Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
Edward B. Smith: Affiliation:
Northwestern University, Illinois

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Adjunct to the preceding excerpt from Structural Holes, this chapter’s goal is to provide a capstone summarizing where we are on Structural Holes’ subject of network brokerage, and my cautions and enthusiasms concerning directions in which things are going. I focus on core ideas and results rather than on literature.1 In the capstone, I discuss the information breadth, timing, and arbitrage advantages of network brokers, and returns to those advantages contingent on a broker’s social standing. Research linking network structure with success has been a first generation of work.

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Information: Personal Networks
Classic Readings and New Directions in Egocentric Analysis
, pp. 384 - 416
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108878296.029 [Opens in a new window]
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