Social capital of organizations : from social structure to the management of corporate social capital / Shaul M. Gabbay, Roger Th. A.J. Leenders -- The development of corporate social capital in complex innovation processes / Arent Greve, Janet W. Salaff -- Corporate social capital and strategic isomorphism : the case of the Israeli software industry / Shaul M. Gabbay, Ilan Talmud, Ornit Raz -- Supply strategy : a corporate social capital perspective / Christine Harland, Louise Knight -- The management of corporate social capital / Bart Nooteboom -- Corporate social capital : a framework for understanding network-based export development programs / Rod B. McNaughton, Jim Bell -- So many ties, so little time : a task contingency perspective on corporate social capital in organizations / Morten T. Hansen, Joel M. Podolny, Jeffrey Pfeffer -- The balance of corporate social capital / Jan-Erik Johanson -- Who guards the guardians? : protecting a lateral control regime from its own oligarchs / Emmanuel Lazega -- Institutionalized ties and corporate social capital : the case of hospital mergers and closures / Rebecca Wells, Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee, Jeffrey A. Alexander -- Organizational performance and corporate social capital : a contingency model / Brooke Harrington.

An influential concept in the social science literature, the theory of social capital, asserts that social actors gain resources through relationships with other actors. While social capital research has largely focused on individuals as the unit of analysis, this volume looks at social capital of organizations, or Corporate Social Capital (CSC), exploring how and to what extent social networks facilitate or impede the attainment of organizational goals. This collection of papers posits a distinction between social structure and its outcomes, noting that while positive outcomes yield social capital, the structure can also prohibit and obstruct action, resulting instead in social liability. The contributing authors pay particular attention to the sets of social conditions that lead to either capital or liability, and succeed in setting a research agenda that looks toward more effective management of organizational social capital.