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Improving Business History Through Social Network Analysis and Data

In: Network Analysis for Economic, Business and Financial History

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  • Alberto Rinaldi

    (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia)

  • Erica Salvaj

    (Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD))

  • Susie J. Pak

    (St. John’s University)

  • Daniel S. Halgin

    (University of Kentucky)

Abstract

This chapter explores the application of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to corporate networks from a historical perspective. It explains how to convert archival data into network-ready formats and demonstrates the methodology through case studies spanning national corporate networks (Argentina, Chile, Italy 1900–2017), local business networks in nineteenth-century Southern Italy, and J.P. Morgan & Co.’s early twentieth-century connections. The examples show how SNA can reveal hidden patterns in traditional business sources and enable more systematic historical research, including the identification of absent ties.

Suggested Citation

  • Alberto Rinaldi & Erica Salvaj & Susie J. Pak & Daniel S. Halgin, 2026. "Improving Business History Through Social Network Analysis and Data," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: Maria Carmela Schisani & Giuseppe De Luca & Giancarlo Ragozini & Paolo Cimadomo (ed.), Network Analysis for Economic, Business and Financial History, chapter 2, pages 47-70, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-032-21355-6_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-21355-6_2
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