Strong Bridges: Trust Beyond Structure (Social Network Mechanisms)

Strong Bridges contributes to understanding entrepreneurship in China and to network theories of brokerage. In complement to the popular argument and evidence on fragile brokerage across groups, Ronald Burt and Sonja Opper explore strong bridges--relationships of trust that bridge the structural holes between groups.

Ronald S. Burt is the Charles M. Harper Leadership Professor of Sociology and Strategy Emeritus at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi University.

Sonja Opper is Professor of Global Strategy and Institutions and the DeAgostini Endowed Chair of Corporate Strategy in the Department of Management and Technology at Bocconi University.