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My Networking Is Not Working! Conceptualizing the Latent and Dysfunctional Dimensions of the Network Paradigm

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  • Tim Vorley
  • Oli Mould
  • Richard Courtney

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Networks have become a major analytical concept in economic geography and have served to extend both empirical and theoretical research agendas. However, much of the literature on networks is characterized as associative, considering them only as cumulative constructs through the constant enrollment of additional actors. Through the lens of social capital and a discussion of the limitations of the networking paradigm in economic geography, this article aims to move beyond this associative nature and introduce variance in network practices in the form of nonworking and not working. By presenting a hypothetical example of a project-based network, we introduce the concepts of nonworking and not working as latency and disassociation as dimensions of network practices. In doing so, we present a more nuanced approach to the networking paradigm in relational economic geography, one that moves beyond a purely associative understanding to incorporate nonworking and not working.

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  • Tim Vorley & Oli Mould & Richard Courtney, 2012. "My Networking Is Not Working! Conceptualizing the Latent and Dysfunctional Dimensions of the Network Paradigm," Economic Geography, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 88(1), pages 77-96, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:recgxx:v:88:y:2012:i:1:p:77-96
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2011.01141.x
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    1. Richard A. Courtney, 2018. "Network governance in the heritage ecology," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 22(3), pages 689-705, September.
    2. Glückler Johannes & Panitz Robert & Hammer Ingmar, 2020. "SONA: A relational methodology to identify structure in networks," ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, De Gruyter, vol. 64(3), pages 121-133, November.
    3. Allan Watson & Jonathan V Beaverstock, 2016. "Transnational freelancing: Ephemeral creative projects and mobility in the music recording industry," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 48(7), pages 1428-1446, July.
    4. Robert Huggins & Piers Thompson, 2015. "Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth: a network theory," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 45(1), pages 103-128, June.

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