Structural Holes

The Social Structure of Competition

By: Ronald S. Burt

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Paperback | 11 August 1995 | Edition Number 1

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Ronald Burt describes the social structural theory of competition that has developed through the last two decades. The contrast between perfect competition and monopoly is replaced with a network model of competition. The basic element in this account is the structural hole: a gap between two individuals with complementary resources or information. When the two are connected through a third individual as entrepreneur, the gap is filled, creating important advantages for the entrepreneur. Competitive advantage is a matter of access to structural holes in relation to market transactions.

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The theoretical ideas in [Structural Holes] are bold, creative and parsimonious... there is superb handling of data. Both in his theorizing and in his methodology, in all brevity, Burt displays that rare quality which C. Wright Mills termed 'the sociological imagination'. -- Richard Swedberg Acta Sociologica In this well-crafted and rich volume, Ronald Burt provides an integration of his previous network studies that makes a substantial contribution to research on the social structure of economic phenomena...The book succeeds on several levels. -- Mark Shanley American Journal of Sociology Structural Holes proves that basic and applied research, micro and macro levels of analysis, and parsimonious and opulent theorizing are not mutual exclusions. -- Barry Markovsky Contemporary Sociology A major contribution to structural sociology that will stimulate the imaginations of scholars in disciplines as diverse as sociology, economics, strategy, and marketing. -- George M. Zinkhan Journal of Marketing

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Social Structure of Competition
Opportunity and Capital
Information
Structural Holes
Control and the Tertius Gaudens
Entrepreneurs
Secondary Holes
Structural Autonomy
Summary
Formalizing the Argument
Network Data
Redundancy
Constraint
Hole Signature
Structural Autonomy
Summary
Turning a Profit
Product Networks and Market Profit
The Study Population
Hole Effects
Market Hole Signatures
Summary
Appendix: Weighing Alternatives
Getting Ahead
Contact Networks and Manager Achievement
The Study Population
Hole Effects
Hierarchy
Institutional Holes
Selecting a Network
Summary
Weighing Alternatives
Causal Order
Player-Structure Duality
Structural Unit of Analysis
Players and Structures
Escape from Attributes
No Escape
Summary
Commit and Survive
Holes and Heterogeneity
Interface and the Commit Hypothesis
Population Ecology and the Survival Hypothesis
Summary
Strategic Embedding and Institutional Residue
The Other Tertius
Strategy Hypothesis
Formal Organization as Social Residue
Personality as Emotional Residue
Summary Notes
References
Index
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