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Embeddedness

**Embeddedness** is a concept in economic sociology that denotes the degree to which economic action is enmeshed in and shaped or constrained by ongoing social relations, institutions, and cultural frameworks, rather than operating as an autonomous, self-regulating sphere governed solely by market logics.

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Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness

Mark Granovetter · American Journal of Sociology · 1985 · 28.2K citations

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Social Structure and Competition in Interfirm Networks: The Paradox of Embeddedness

Brian Uzzi · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1997 · 9.6K citations

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The Sources and Consequences of Embeddedness for the Economic Performance of Organizations: The Network Effect

Brian Uzzi · American Sociological Review · 1996 · 6K citations

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Embeddedness and Immigration: Notes on the Social Determinants of Economic Action

Alejandro Portes, Julia Sensenbrenner · American Journal of Sociology · 1993 · 3.5K citations

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The pervasive effects of family on entrepreneurship: toward a family embeddedness perspective

Howard E. Aldrich, Jennifer E Cliff · Journal of Business Venturing · 2003 · 2.7K citations

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    Ulf Andersson

    Mälardalen University, Sweden

    11 publications · 2.8K citations

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  2. BU
    Brian Uzzi

    Northwestern University, United States

    8 publications · 18.8K citations

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  3. TW
    Thomas W. H. Ng

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    7 publications · 904 citations

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  4. MF
    Mats Forsgren

    Uppsala University, Sweden

    7 publications · 2.5K citations

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  5. JB
    Jens Beckert

    Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany

    7 publications · 1.1K citations

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  1. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    5.8K citations

  2. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    18 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Copenhagen Business School

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    13 h-index

    16 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    2.6K citations

  5. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    14 publications

    653 citations

  6. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    11 h-index

    12 publications

    582 citations

  8. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 17 publications · 11.8K citations

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 19 publications · 914 citations

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  4. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space

    14 publications · 1K citations

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  5. International Business Review

    16 publications · 1.6K citations

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