Markets from Networks : : Socioeconomic Models of Production / / Harrison C. White.

In Markets from Networks, one of America's most influential sociologists unveils a groundbreaking theory of the market economy. Arguing that most economists use overly abstract models of how the economy operates, Harrison White seeks a richer, more empirically based alternative. In doing so, he...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2001
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1. Introduction
  • PART ONE. Firms Embed into a Market
  • CHAPTER 2. Profiles for a Market
  • CHAPTER 3. Market Plane
  • CHAPTER 4. Quality and Unraveling
  • CHAPTER 5. Signaling and PARADOX
  • PART TWO: Markets Compete, Too
  • CHAPTER 6. Substitutability Extended
  • CHAPTER 7. Market Space: CROWDED and EXPLOSIVE Regions
  • CHAPTER 8. Estimating Qualities and Parameters
  • PART THREE: Markets along Networks
  • CHAPTER 9. Facing Upstream or Down
  • CHAPTER 10. Embed and Decouple
  • CHAPTER 11. Suppressing Market Realities
  • PART FOUR: Markets and Firms over Time
  • CHAPTER 12. Investing across Markets
  • CHAPTER 13. Strategic Moves and Market Evolution
  • CHAPTER 14. Contrasting Research Perspectives
  • CHAPTER 15. Business Cultures
  • CHAPTER 16. Conclusion
  • APPENDIX. On Computations
  • Glossary of Symbols
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index