http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:14:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-424841 Applications for Social Capital — Alec Saunders .LOG Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:13:37 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-424841 [...] (continued from The Accumulation of Social Capital) [...] [...] (continued from The Accumulation of Social Capital) [...]

]]> http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-424627 Alec Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:27:02 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-424627 Thank you Antoine. Thank you Antoine.

]]> http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-423160 Antoine Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:31:37 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-423160 Pierre Bourdieu was more a sociologist than an economist, but despite this small imperfection your article is good as always. Pierre Bourdieu was more a sociologist than an economist, but despite this small imperfection your article is good as always.

]]> http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-423106 Hammerorf.Com » The Accumulation of Social Capital Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:21:40 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-423106 [...] wrote an interesting post today on The Accumulation of Social CapitalHere’s a quick [...] [...] wrote an interesting post today on The Accumulation of Social CapitalHere’s a quick [...]

]]> http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-423060 Matt Bigelow » Blog Archive » Facebook and “maintained social capital” - a study at Michigan State University Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:18:35 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-423060 [...] Read about an interesting study on Facebook conducted at MSU (thanks to Alec Saunders). [...] [...] Read about an interesting study on Facebook conducted at MSU (thanks to Alec Saunders). [...]

]]> http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-422438 paulsweeney Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:21:40 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-422438 as if by magid, Ken Thompson has a post about the very thing today! http://www.bioteams.com/2007/10/22/the_law_of.html as if by magid, Ken Thompson has a post about the very thing today! http://www.bioteams.com/2007/10/22/the_law_of.html

]]> http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-422437 paulsweeney Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:18:54 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/10/27/the-accumulation-of-social-capital/#comment-422437 Alec, the "weak linkages" point is interesting. Some research work I was conducting on top management teams circa 1996 showed the importance to the company of having executives that were "outward facing" and had many such weak ties, because it enabled better "environmental sensing", i.e. you had an idea of the way things might be going that could not be sensed within the organisation, and its internal tools. In ecology it might also be called "requisite variety" in that that you have the internal differentiation or organicity to deal with a higher degree of environmental uncertainty and ambiguity (the two not being the same: uncertainty being the lack of a known probability against a known outcome alternative, ambiguity being a lack of clarity on what the nature of the problem is in the first place!). Anyway, look forward to part two... Alec, the “weak linkages” point is interesting. Some research work I was conducting on top management teams circa 1996 showed the importance to the company of having executives that were “outward facing” and had many such weak ties, because it enabled better “environmental sensing”, i.e. you had an idea of the way things might be going that could not be sensed within the organisation, and its internal tools. In ecology it might also be called “requisite variety” in that that you have the internal differentiation or organicity to deal with a higher degree of environmental uncertainty and ambiguity (the two not being the same: uncertainty being the lack of a known probability against a known outcome alternative, ambiguity being a lack of clarity on what the nature of the problem is in the first place!). Anyway, look forward to part two…

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