The Spatial Dimension of Social Capital

Rutten, Roel; Westlund, Hans; Boekema, F.W.M.

doi:10.1080/09654311003701381

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“…Considering the formal networks, according to Coleman (1988)'s dense network theory, cluster firms might start by building dense networks within the cluster and then expand their relations with "peripheral" firms located in the same region. Such dense networks are stable when firms maintain close geographical proximity, and weak ties are strongly affected by spatial distance (Rutten et al, 2010). By doing this, firms have the chance to communicate with each other, and they establish internal mutual trust.…”

Section: Relations Among Regionally Homogenous Clusters In the Same Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relations among Clusters in Six Chinese City Regions

Zhang

Reve

2013

European Planning Studies

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Despite the considerable number of papers that have discussed industrial clusters, it is surprising that little research evidence on relations among clusters. This paper collects longitudinal data on three low-tech and two high-tech industrial clusters in six cities in the dynamic Pearl River Delta of the People's Republic of China. The findings provide empirical support to both the MAR model, which argues for the importance of homogenous (specialized) clusters and the Jacobs model, which argues for the importance of heterogeneous (diversified) clusters. Both homogenous and heterogeneous clusters in the same region influence one another's cluster size and economic output.

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Section: Relations Among Regionally Homogenous Clusters In the Same Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

Relations among Clusters in Six Chinese City Regions

Zhang

Reve

2013

European Planning Studies

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“…Burt 1992). This pure structuralist position, however, is not concerned with the "quality" of social relations and the question of what is underlying the resource exchanges in a network (Rutten, Westlund and Boekema 2010).…”

Section: Social Capital In the Context Of Cooperative Organizationsmentioning

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“…For analytical purposes, we can distinguish between the following two components of social capital in cooperative organizations, which are in reality, however, inseparable 1 (Andrews 2010;Krishna and Uphoff 2002;Moran 2005;Nahapiet and Ghoshal 1998;Rutten, Westlund and Boekema 2010;Valentinov 2004): First, the structural dimension refers to the connections among the members of a cooperative organization and especially highlights the role of network configuration (Nahapiet and Ghoshal 1998). These linkages provide cooperative members with access to other members and the possibility of resource exchange.…”

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Trust, Social Capital, and the Coordination of Relationships Between the Members of Cooperatives: A Comparison Between Member-Focused Cooperatives and Third-Party-Focused Cooperatives

2015

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In recent years, nonprofit scholars have increasingly studied the phenomenon of social enterprises which has become a generic term describing a wider reorientation among third sector organizations. The emergence of social enterprises has also led to a dynamic of hybridization and broadening in the cooperative sector, similar to an earlier dynamic of "economization", but this time on the other end of the organizational spectrum. This paper aims at developing a finegrained conceptual understanding of how this organizational dynamic is shaped in terms of member coordination, thus contributing to a more comprehensive theoretical understanding of different organizational forms of cooperatives. Specifically, to highlight the difference to traditional member-focused cooperatives, the paper introduces the term third-party-focused cooperatives for those social enterprises which emphasize economic goals as well as control and ownership by a particular community (typically place-based). The key result of the paper is that with the shift from member-to community-focus in cooperatives, the main coordination mechanism becomes one of norm-based trust on the basis of generalized reciprocity. In contrast to traditional maxim-based trust member coordination on the basis of relation-specific reciprocity, this enables third-party-focused cooperatives to mobilize bridging and linking social capital, facilitating collective action aimed towards the community interest. The findings suggest that this identity shift requires a mutual re-positioning between the cooperative and the nonprofit sector, in terms of umbrellas as well as regulatory and legislative bodies.

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“…While social capital is essentially a place-based social network phenomenon (Capello and Faggian, 2005;Westlund and Bolton, 2003;Rutten et al 2010) rooted in theories of physical proximity, and dense matrices of social relations (Lorenzen, 2007), network capital is less spatially bounded in its dimensions, encompassing to a greater extent the value of networks formed in a global environment, whereby interactions are increasingly flexible, dynamic and ephemeral (Monge and Contractor, 2003). For instance, the concept of 'temporary clusters', whereby strategic network building occurs through conferences, trade fairs, exhibitions and the like, highlights the importance of network capital and access to knowledge through global pipelines Bathelt and Schuldt, 2008;Power and Jansson, 2008;Torré, 2008;Rinallo and Golfetto, 2011;Schuldt and Bathelt, 2011).…”

Section: Network Capitalmentioning

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A Network-based view of regional growth

Huggins

Thompson

2013

Journal of Economic Geography

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The need to better understand the mechanisms underlying regional growth patterns is widely recognised. This paper argues that regional growth is partly a function of the value created through inter-organisational flows of knowledge within and across regions. It is proposed that investment in calculative networks by organisations to access knowledge is a form of capital, termed network capital, which should be incorporated into regional growth models. The paper seeks to develop a framework to capture the value of network capital within these models based on the spatial configuration and the nature of the knowledge flowing through networks.

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The Spatial Dimension of Social Capital

Cited by 108 publications

References 14 publications

Relations among Clusters in Six Chinese City Regions

Relations among Clusters in Six Chinese City Regions

Trust, Social Capital, and the Coordination of Relationships Between the Members of Cooperatives: A Comparison Between Member-Focused Cooperatives and Third-Party-Focused Cooperatives

A Network-based view of regional growth

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