In search of a happy medium: How the structure of interorganizational networks influence community economic development strategies

Crowe, Jessica

doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2007.02.002

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“…This study used the network configurations ( Figure 1) developed by Crowe [37] to examine bonding and bridging social capital. The four different network configurations identified by Crowe [37] are complete, factional, coalitional, and bridging.…”

Section: Network Structure Typologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The four different network configurations identified by Crowe [37] are complete, factional, coalitional, and bridging. Complete network structures consist of tightly connected nodes in the network or, in other words, networks with a high density.…”

Section: Network Structure Typologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bridging network structures are loosely connected networks with a lower number of cut-points (Figure 1). A k-core is a maximal subgraph in which each point is adjacent to at least k other points, where all points within the k-core have a degree greater than or equal to k [37,49]. A simple component of a 1k-core has all its points connected to one another, therefore having a degree of at least one.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Both bonding and bridging forms have unique characteristics that influence the meaning of social capital and its outcome. Some studies [24,37] have adopted a quantitative approach to investigate bonding and bridging forms of social capital by evaluating the network structure. However, there is a lack of research examining these forms of social capital in the context of wildlife tourism microentrepreneurship, especially given the importance of social networks among wildlife tourism microentrepreneurs in a geographically dispersed rural setting.…”

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Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis

Morais

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Tourism has been recognized as an important economic sector, requiring a high degree of involvement from the entrepreneurial sector to diversify tourism products and services to meet increasing demand. Tourism is often considered a tool for economic development and a strategy to improve the livelihoods of rural citizens. Specifically, nature-based tourism, such as wildlife tourism, is growing faster than tourism in general, providing a myriad of opportunities for small-scale entrepreneurial engagement. However, several obstacles exist for these small-scale tourism enterprises, such as a lack of social capital. This study examined a network of wildlife tourism microentrepreneurs for bonding and bridging forms of social capital using a social network analysis approach, where bonding and bridging social capital have their own interpretation. Thirty-seven in-person interviews were conducted with wildlife tourism microentrepreneurs from North Carolina's Pamlico Sound Region. The study revealed that microentrepreneurs interacted with each other in a bridging network structure. The ability to reciprocate with other members of the network was essential for business success. The results identified four key bridging ties connecting potential sub-groups in the network, connected to each other in a redundant fashion. We concluded that the formation of a bridging network structure was a function of entrepreneurial phenomena that may not promote a highly trusted, well-connected network. The findings and implications are further discussed in the paper.

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Section: Network Structure Typologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Network Structure Typologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Network Structure Typologymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Recientemente, Crowe (2010) analizó cómo afecta la estructura comunitaria sobre la satisfacción de los individuos respecto a la comunidad. En un estudio anterior la misma autora (Crowe, 2007) puso de manifiesto la influencia que ejerce la manera como están estructuradas las organizaciones comunitarias sobre el desarrollo económico local. Crowe demostró que aquellas comunidades en las que se daba cierto grado de cohesión entre las organizaciones y las instituciones públicas obtenían mejores resultados implementando programas de desarrollo local.…”

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Evaluación de procesos comunitarios y análisis de redes inter-organizativas: elementos para mejorar la efectividad de las intervenciones comunitarias

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El propósito de este artículo es investigar la conexión existente entre el Sentido Psicológico de Comunidad, la Participación Comunitaria y el análisis de redes organizativas, examinando la influencia que dichos enfoques ejercen en los niveles de análisis individual, organizativo y comunitario. Para alcanzar este objetivo, ofrecemos una revisión de la literatura en las tres perspectivas y, a continuación, se analiza el modo en que quedan articulados con los distintos niveles de análisis. Finalmente, exponemos algunas aportaciones que la aplicación de un enfoque ecológico multinivel puede tener para mejorar la efectividad de las intervenciones comunitarias.

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Reconstructing Social Networks: Transitional Changes from a Mobile Hunter‐Gatherer to a Sedentary Neolithic Agrarian System

Coward¹

2022

The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology

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The increasingly permanent, large‐scale communities that developed in Southwest Asia in the early Neolithic, and that have been the norm in many societies ever since, mark a significant break with the highly mobile, fission–fusion forms of social organization shared by all earlier human and, indeed, other primate forebears. While economic, ecological, and cultural changes were clearly an important part of the transition, the social changes that accompanied them have received considerably less attention, despite the fact that they may have been critical elements of the transition. Network methods specifically designed for visualizing and analyzing changes in social structure thus offer enormous potential for examining the momentous social changes that occurred at this time.

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In search of a happy medium: How the structure of interorganizational networks influence community economic development strategies

Cited by 69 publications

References 15 publications

Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis

Bonding and Bridging Forms of Social Capital in Wildlife Tourism Microentrepreneurship: An Application of Social Network Analysis

Evaluación de procesos comunitarios y análisis de redes inter-organizativas: elementos para mejorar la efectividad de las intervenciones comunitarias

Reconstructing Social Networks: Transitional Changes from a Mobile Hunter‐Gatherer to a Sedentary Neolithic Agrarian System

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