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Book SynopsisTrade Review"In this highly original volume, Jason Davis revisits the classic problem that individual and organizational goals typically diverge. He does so in the context of modern digital media that dramatically facilitate individuals' creation of network ties. When such networking is at cross-purposes to organizational well-being – as often happens when weak ties proliferate – managers badly need the ingenious advice that Davis offers."—Mark Granovetter, Joan Butler Ford Professor, Stanford University; author of
Society and Economy: Framework and Principles"Rarely does a book come along that so completely rewrites what we thought we knew.
Digital Relationships is just such a book. It's a 'must-read' for academics and executives who want to understand why social networks are so challenging. By probing the deepening chasm between individual and organizational interests,
Digital Relationships will re-shape your conception of how social networks work. And more often, don't."—Kathleen Eisenhardt, S. W. Ascherman Professor, Stanford University; co-author of
Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex WorldTable of Contents1. Networks are the Problem: Confronting the Social Capital Consensus
2. Too Many Ties: Divergent Interests with the Falling Costs of Digital Networking
3. Ties Too Weak: Insufficient Firm-Specific Social Investments to Mobilize Diversity
4. Entrenched Brokers and Ossified Bridges: Monopolies of Information and Control
5. Scale Too Free: Negative Externalities of Inequality in Social Capital
6. Persistence: Managerial Intervention Transience and the Reemergence of Agency Problems
7. Agentic Function of the Executive: Strategic Social Capital and the Work-From-Home Experiment
8. Network Governance:ReinterpretingOrganizational Design and Boundaries
9. Network Agency over the Life Cycle: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems
10. A Research Agenda: More Cases, More Models, More Experiments
