Gift Exchange in the Social Networks of Silicon Valley Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

Gift Exchange in the Social Networks of Silicon Valley Case Solution

Using the investigation of the social networks that underlie the industrial networks of Silicon Valley, this article shows that due to the level of interdependence between the economic actors and the nature of goods that are exchanged, exchanging of gifts is the primary method for exchange in networks of such nature.
Such principles guide the methodology of how information is exchanged among risk taking investors, attorneys, entrepreneurs, corporate managers, journalists, and academics.

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PUBLICATION DATE: July 01, 2003

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