Efios white board: Open Research Questions

Theme A: Social Networks, Connectedness

1. The reciprocity of innovative capabilities between networks with strong ties and networks with weak ties
   Backrgound: Networks with high degree of connectedness, trust and cohesion (communities for instance) constitue meaning, belonging, identity and drive individual and (collective) social performance. These networks require reciprocity in trust and transactions between the members through (social) interaction. Networks with low degree of connectedness, trust and cohesion or weak ties, can provide a bridging function between resources and networks (or individuals) to bring closer fragmented communities. Does the narrowing of the isolation while performing this bridging require reciprocity in transaction and trust?
   Pointers from: http://www.efios.com/blog/2005/08/01.html