Social Ties And Economic Performance

Author : Frans van Dijk
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996-12-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 079239836X

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Social Ties and Economic Performance by Frans van Dijk Pdf

This volume focuses on the social impact of the public sector on the performance of the private sector, especially in the long term. It presents a model of the formation of social ties by economic interaction and uses this to explore the relevance of social ties and their dynamics for economic performance. The impact of public provision and stochastic migration on social ties and the (total) provision level of the public good are also examined. It discusses the role of social ties in other types of interaction, and proposes definitions of social capital and infrastructure. Furthermore, it contains a discussion of the connections between the different conceptions of these terms. Also the effects of social ties and the influence of different types of public intervention on growth are examined. The assumption of exogenously determined, stochastic migration is dropped, and migration behavior is analyzed explicitly. In this theoretical investigation of the dynamics of social ties and economic interaction a number of important effects on economic performance will be suggested.

Author : Dominik Hartmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135118945

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Economic Complexity and Human Development by Dominik Hartmann Pdf

This book combines the human development approach and innovation economics in order to explore the effects that structural economic change has on human development. While economic diversification can provide valuable new social choices and capabilities, it also tends to lead to more complex decision processes and changes to the set of capabilities required by people to self-determine their future. Within this process of structural transformation, social networks are crucial for accessing information and social support, but networks can also be a root cause of exclusion and inequality reproduction. This implies the need to encourage innovation and economic diversification beyond production expansion, focusing on the promotion of human agency and social inclusion. This book provides such a modern perspective on development economics, emphasizing the role of social networks, economic diversity and entrepreneurship for social welfare. The author discusses how innovation, social networks, economic dynamics and human development are interlinked, and provides several practical examples of social and micro-entrepreneurship in contexts as diverse as Peruvian rural villages and Brazil’s urban areas. The interdisciplinary perspective put forward in this book illustrates theoretical and methodological methods of exploring the complexity of development in a practical and relevant way. It also provides useful information about structural factors which need to be considered by practitioners when designing pro-poor growth policies. Furthermore, the coverage of the core concepts of innovation, networks and development economics, enriched with multiple examples, makes it a valuable resource for scholars and advanced students of modern development economics.

Author : Matthew O. Jackson,Yves Zenou
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Social networks
ISBN : 1781006431

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Economic Analyses of Social Networks by Matthew O. Jackson,Yves Zenou Pdf

This comprehensive two-volume set brings together important contributions providing fundamental economic analyses of social networks and the central roles they play in many facets of our lives. The first volume consists of classic articles that model network formation and games on networks, as well as those on the identification of peer effects from an econometric viewpoint. The second volume provides empirical analyses of network effects on labor, education, development, crime and industrial organization, as well as some laboratory and field experiments. This set of indispensable papers, with an original introduction by the editors, will prove an essential tool to researchers, scholars and practitioners involved in this field.

Author : María Semitiel García
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781958718

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Social Capital, Networks and Economic Development by María Semitiel García Pdf

Analyses productive systems from a structural relational perspective, linking the structure and evolution of productive systems to economic development. This book adopts an epistemological approach that considers the social nature of economic actors and the importance of historical and geographical aspects.

Author : Deepa Narayan-Parker
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Economic policy
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Bonds and Bridges by Deepa Narayan-Parker Pdf

Author : Margaret S Sherraden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135024222

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Community Economic Development and Social Work by Margaret S Sherraden Pdf

In Community Economic Development and Social Work, you’ll find innovative theoretical approaches to the newly emerging field of community economic development (CED). You’ll see how community leaders, residents, community organizations, social workers, city planners, local business owners, bankers, and/or investors can come together to promote successful CED. Community economic development (CED) is a strategy that addresses social and economic development goals, creates jobs, builds assets, and strengthens the social fabric of communities. In Community Economic Development and Social Work, you’ll learn how to promote community-based organizations that involve residents in articulating goals, policies, and operations and moves them beyond poverty. You’ll also gain valuable insight into: methods of evaluating a variety of CED initiatives in different geographical areas microenterprise development and the experiences of low-income entrepreneurs, including examples from Bangladesh and India and in immigrant and low-income communities in the United States home ownership as a key CED strategy in low-income neighborhoods environmental issues and sustainable CED healthcare and CED--entrepreneurial opportunities and job creation organizations, such as Community Development Corporations, that promote CED practicing CED in marginalized communities strategies for creating jobs, developing structures for savings and investment, creating access to credit, promoting land trusts, financing community infrastructure improvements, providing training and technical assistance, and developing social services Contributors to this groundbreaking volume include internationally known scholars and practitioners who examine community economic development initiatives from a variety of perspectives and locales--CED is one of the few areas of applied social science where diffusion regularly occurs from “less developed” to “developed” countries. The variety of models and case studies in Community Economic Development and Social Work gives you practical ideas for effective economic development--development that empowers residents to break the cycle of poverty and offers hope and opportunity for the future--in low-income and minority communities.

Author : O. Yul Kwon
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781784719609

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Social Trust and Economic Development by O. Yul Kwon Pdf

In just one generation, South Korea has transformed from a recipient of foreign aid to a member of the G20. In this informative book, South Korea is used as a case by which to explore and illustrate specific issues arising from the complex relationships between the nation’s economic development and society. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Arial}

Author : Dominik Hartmann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135118877

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Economic Complexity and Human Development by Dominik Hartmann Pdf

This book combines the human development approach and innovation economics in order to explore the effects that structural economic change has on human development. While economic diversification can provide valuable new social choices and capabilities, it also tends to lead to more complex decision processes and changes to the set of capabilities required by people to self-determine their future. Within this process of structural transformation, social networks are crucial for accessing information and social support, but networks can also be a root cause of exclusion and inequality reproduction. This implies the need to encourage innovation and economic diversification beyond production expansion, focusing on the promotion of human agency and social inclusion. This book provides such a modern perspective on development economics, emphasizing the role of social networks, economic diversity and entrepreneurship for social welfare. The author discusses how innovation, social networks, economic dynamics and human development are interlinked, and provides several practical examples of social and micro-entrepreneurship in contexts as diverse as Peruvian rural villages and Brazil’s urban areas. The interdisciplinary perspective put forward in this book illustrates theoretical and methodological methods of exploring the complexity of development in a practical and relevant way. It also provides useful information about structural factors which need to be considered by practitioners when designing pro-poor growth policies. Furthermore, the coverage of the core concepts of innovation, networks and development economics, enriched with multiple examples, makes it a valuable resource for scholars and advanced students of modern development economics.

Author : Roger Th.A.J. Leenders,Shaul M. Gabbay
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461550273

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Corporate Social Capital and Liability by Roger Th.A.J. Leenders,Shaul M. Gabbay Pdf

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).

Author : R. Quentin Grafton,Stephen Knowles,P. Dorian Owen,Université d'Ottawa. Département de science économique
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0889272530

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Social Divergence and Economic Performance by R. Quentin Grafton,Stephen Knowles,P. Dorian Owen,Université d'Ottawa. Département de science économique Pdf

Author : A.H.J. (Bert) Helmsing,Sietze Vellema
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136724718

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Value Chains, Social Inclusion and Economic Development by A.H.J. (Bert) Helmsing,Sietze Vellema Pdf

Lead firms, development organisations, donors and governments view value chains and voluntary standards as vital instruments for achieving millennium development goals through trade and market-related interventions. The precise foundations for these development strategies, which suggest positive development outcomes from integration of poor actors into value chains, are as yet underdeveloped. The interdisciplinary work in this volume shows how trade is managed and asks theory-driven questions about how value chains relate to locally-rooted development processes. Policy makers and development practitioners are increasingly using value chain analysis to frame pro-poor development interventions. This book offers multiple conceptualizations of development outcomes of inclusion of small producers, firms and workers in value chains. Processes of inclusion at different scales are unpacked in order to identify the terms of participation of small producers, firms and workers. As value chains are embedded, the book further argues that inclusion can be conceptualized as the degree of alignment between value chain logics and the institutions and capacities in the local business system. The combination of inclusive governance and endogenous development informs a grounded debate on roles of development-oriented partnerships. Chapters in this volume draw on multiple strands of economics, sociology, political science, geography and management studies; and for empirical grounding engage in comparative analysis of cases from Latin America, SubSaharan Africa and East and South East Asia. These are combined with processes taking place at a global level, such as the proliferation of standards and the growth of roundtables and multi-stakeholder partnerships. The contributions explore contrasts – between contexts, between industries or commodities/products, and between conceptual frameworks; and the context dependency of development impact necessitates cross-case investigations. This collection will be of interest to scholars in development studies, economics, business studies, as well as to development policy makers.

Author : Dirk Messner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135226107

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The Network Society by Dirk Messner Pdf

The author argues that the countries that, at the end of the 20th century, have economic, social and ecological success will not be unleashed market economies but "active and learning societies" that attempt to solve their problems via an organizational and governance-related pluralism.

Author : Jonathan Isham,Thomas Kelly,Sunder Ramaswamy
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1781950385

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Social Capital and Economic Development by Jonathan Isham,Thomas Kelly,Sunder Ramaswamy Pdf

The chapters in this volume explore the challenges and opportunities raised by this concept for researchers, practitioners and teachers. Social Capital and Economic Development is based upon a consistent, policy-based vision of how social capital affects well-being in developing countries.

Author : Youyou Baende Bofota
Publisher : Presses univ. de Louvain
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9782875580863

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Social Capital, Human Capital and Economic Development: Theoretical Model and Empirical Analyses by Youyou Baende Bofota Pdf

This thesis follows the literature on social capital. Specifically, this research is an exploration of the impact of social capital on socioeconomic outcomes such as education and economic growth. It is argued that social capital impacts economic growth.

Author : Helene Brembeck,Franck Cochoy,Gay Hawkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000550276

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Market Detachment by Helene Brembeck,Franck Cochoy,Gay Hawkins Pdf

While the dynamics of market attachments have been extensively analyzed, the implied other to this – market detachments – have not. This book addresses this imbalance and investigates economies of detachment or the processes whereby various elements or relations in markets are removed or severed. Market organizations and dynamics involve myriad processes of attachment – good and bad. Recent work within the new economic sociology has documented how the arts of attachment are implicated in the technical, organizational and social functions of markets. This work highlights the complexities of market attachments as both material links and subjective or affective ties. It also foregrounds attachment as a variable relation, often dependent on its implied other: detachment. However, while the first term of this relation is relatively well known, the second is seriously under-researched and deserves far more attention. Key questions explored are: what is detachment; how does it work and what are the theoretical underpinnings and implications of this concept? How do practices and strategies of detachment configure and ‘re-agence’ markets? How do markets provoke attitudes and dispositions of detachment? How do detachment strategies become qualified as political and with what consequences? The authors in this unique collection explore these questions using an array of empirical cases ranging from fast fashion to food supply chains, energy savings schemes to unpackaged food. Working across economic sociology, science and technology studies (STS), cultural studies, politics and consumer research they highlight the complexities, significance and impacts of ‘letting go’ in market configurations. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Consumption, Markets & Culture.