. Owen-Smith University of Arizona From Steven Andrews and David Knoke, editors, Networks In and Around Organizations, a special volume in the series Research in the Sociology of Organizations,. structure of network linkages provides both opportunities and constraints on the actions of participants. The relational ties between parties are conduits for the flow of a broad variety of resources,. 1994. "On Advice of Counsel: Law Firms and Venture Capital Firms in the Structuration of Silicon Valley." Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Sociology, Stanford University. Teitelman,...