 The Functional Diversity and Spillover Effects of Social CapitalJournal of African Economies, 2002, vol. 11, issue 1, 90-113 Abstract: Entrepreneurial networks are functionally diverse. They can be used to access information about technologies and markets or to reduce uncertainties. A network's function affects its structure and the nature of the relationship that exists between networking effort and enterprise performance. Networks that reduce uncertainty are small and cohesive. Here, the positive relationship between co-networkers' efforts and own enterprise performance is cancelled out by a negative relationship between own networking effort and enterprise performance. In contrast, the strong positive relationship between own networking effort and enterprise performance within networks designed to provide access to information about technologies and markets dominates the negative relationship between co-networkers' efforts and own enterprise performance. This last relationship is consistent with the existence of negative spillover effects in the second type of network. Copyright 2002, Oxford University Press. Date: 2002 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:oup:jafrec:v:11:y:2002:i:1:p:90-113 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Journal of African Economies is currently edited by Francis Teal More articles in Journal of African Economies from Centre for the Study of African Economies Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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