Makarem, NP;
(2016)
Social networks and regional economic development: The Los Angeles and Bay Area metropolitan regions, 1980–2010.
Environment & Planning C: Politics and Space
, 34
(1)
pp. 91-112.
10.1177/0263774X15614691.
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Abstract
Social capital is widely recognized as an important aspect of regional economies, and social networks in particular have recently been the focus of research in economic sociology and economic geography. Building on this body of work, this research explores the role of social networks in the divergent economic fortunes of two highly advance Californian metropolitan regions over the past three decades, Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Proxies for the two regions’ industrial social structures are constructed and analysed at three cross sections over the divergence period: 1982, 1995 and 2010. Network analysis shows that the Bay Area’s industrial social structure maintains a high level of connectivity, bridging relations across industrial boundaries, and by 2010 has a highly connected and central business-civic organization, the Bay Area Council. The LA region’s social structure, on the other hand, fragments substantially over the period.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Social networks and regional economic development: The Los Angeles and Bay Area metropolitan regions, 1980–2010 |
| Location: | UK |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0263774X15614691 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1177/0263774X15614691 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 SAGE Publications. This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Networks, Institutions, Economic Development, Innovation, Entrepreneurship |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1473435 |
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