Markets from Networks: Socioeconomic Models of Production

List of Figures ix List of tables xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv 1. Introduction 1 PART ONE: FIRMS EMBED INTO A MARKET 2. Profiles for a Market 27 3. Market plane 49 4. Quality and Unraveling 78 5. Signaling and PARADOX 95 PART TWO: MARKETS COMPETE, TOO 6. Substitutability Extended 121 7. Market Space 139 8. Estimating Qualities and Parameters 158 PART THREE: MARKETS ALONG NETWORKS 9. Facing Upstream or Down 177 10. Embed and Decouple 200 11. Suppressing Market Realities 221 PART FOUR: MARKETS AND FIRMS OVER TIME 12. Investing across markets 245 13. Strategic Moves and Market Evolution 266 14. Contrasting Research Perspectives 284 15. Business Cultures 299 16. Conclusion 317 Appendix. On Computations 331…