As a guide to selecting name generators for social capital research, I use network data on a
probability sample of heterogeneous senior managers to describe how they sort relations …

The purpose of this study was to investigate when director interlocks affect corporate
behavior, and how much influence they exert, by studying the conditions under which their …

Organizational change can be usefully conceptualized in terms of both its process and its
content. Process refers to how change occurs. Content describes what actually changes in …

Firms are increasingly dependent on external resources and are establishing portfolios of
interorganizational relationships (IRs) to leverage external resources for competitive …

In this article we contend that trust can be conceptualized as four distinct and ordered forms—
shallow dependence, shallow interdependence, deep dependence, and deep …

Firms employ a variety of political strategies (eg, lobbying, contributions) in an attempt to
gain influence or access to the public policy process. A variety of benefits may accrue to …

The study of managerial elites is one of the most important, yet neglected areas of social
science research. This paper synthesizes and critically reviews three intellectual traditions in …

This paper draws on Simmel's triadic analysis of relations and compares the predic-tions to
what Burt asserts from his structural holes theory. Burt's claim is that indi-viduals who occupy …

We examine hypothesised links between the board of directors and firm performance as
predicted by the three predominant theories in corporate governance research, namely …

In this study, we examine how experience at the level of the organization, the population,
and the related group affects the failure of Manhattan hotels. We find organizational …