Patron-Client Networks

(noun)

Patron-client networks are defined by the fluid interactions they produce. Organized crime groups operate as smaller units within the overall network, and as such tend towards valuing significant others, familiarity of social and economic environments, or tradition.

Related Terms

  • Corporate Organized Crime
  • corporate crime
  • Street Gang

Examples of Patron-Client Networks in the following topics:

  • Organized Crime

    • Patron-client networks are defined by the fluid interactions they produce.
    • Organized crime groups operate as smaller units within the overall network, and as such tend towards valuing significant others, familiarity of social and economic environments, or tradition.
    • Some notable patron-client networks involve the Russian and Albanian mafias, the Japanese Yakuza, the Irish mob, and the Sicilian and Italian American Cosa Nostra (i.e. the Sicilian mafia).
  • Understanding The Agency System + Account Services

    • The client’s main point of contact is Account Services, where a group of people typically referred to as the “Account Team” is in charge of managing the client’s needs and overseeing the ongoing activities surrounding the client's business interests.
    • It’s a highly simplified overview of how ads move from client to consumer.
    • These distinctions are what make them attractive to various clients.
    • Account Services, the area of the agency that handles all client needs, is the client’s first stop in an advertising agency.
    • Another great source for networking with ad people is the American Advertising Federation.
  • Agencies

    • An ad agency is independent from the client and provides an outside point of view to the effort of selling the client's products or services.
    • An agency can also handle overall marketing and branding strategies and sales promotions for its clients.
    • Due to the social networking explosion, new types of companies are doing reputation management.
    • For example, disgruntled customers can quickly and easily damage a company's reputation via social networking sites.
    • Social media agencies specialize in promotion of brands in various social media platforms like blogs, social networking sites, Q&A sites, discussion forums, microblogs etc.
  • The rules of cooperative business networking

    • Most cooperative business networks rely heavily on relationship building.
    • Never inflate your business's abilities and never steal ideas or clients from cooperative partners.
    • Cooperative business networks are professional relationships and should not be considered as friendships.Keep partners close yet still at ‘arm's length'.
  • Bibliography

    • "Graph theory in network analysis" Social Networks 5: 235-244.
    • Relations of production and class rule: The hidden basis of patron-clientage. pp. 198-220 in Wellman and Berkowitz (eds.)
    • A graph theoretic blocking procedure for social networks, Social Networks, 4: 147-167
    • Centrality in social networks: Conceptual clarification, Social Networks, 1: 215-39.
    • The Urban Black Community as Network: Toward a Social Network Perspective.
  • Architecture at Pompeii

    • The design of the domus reflects the Roman patronage where a client is protected by a wealthy patron, and in return supports the actions and estate of the patron.
    • Many of a patron's clients would be freedmen or other plebeians and lesser patricians.
    • The atrium was the most important part of the house as the spot where clients and guests were greeted.
    • The atrium was often richly decorated with thematic frescos and images of the patron's ancestors.
    • The tablinum functioned as the office of the patron and was where he met with his clients during the morning ritual of salutatio.
  • The Pax Romana

    • During this time, Augustus reformed the Roman system of taxation, developed networks of roads with an official courier system, established a standing army, established the Praetorian Guard, created official police and fire-fighting services for Rome, and rebuilt much of the city during his reign.
    • Beyond Rome’s frontiers, he secured the Empire with a buffer region of client states and made peace with the troublesome Parthian Empire through diplomacy.
    • Subsequent emperors followed his lead, sometimes producing lavish ceremonies to close the Gates of Janus, issuing coins with Pax on the reverse, and patronizing literature extolling the benefits of the Pax Romana.
  • Trends in Social Media

    • At the forefront of emerging trends in social networking sites is the concept of real-time web and location-based web.
    • In April 2012, the image-based social media network Pinterest had become the third largest social network in the United States.
    • Many provide specialized networking tools and applications that can be accessed via their websites, such as LinkedIn.
    • One popular use for this new technology is social networking between businesses.
    • These companies are able to drive traffic to their own online sites while encouraging their consumers and clients to have discussions on how to improve or change products or services.
  • Organization of Interest Groups

    • Neo-Pluralism: This is based on the concept of political communities in that pressure groups and other similar bodies are organised around a government department and its network of client groups.
    • The members of this network co-operate during the policy making process.
  • Use of New Technologies in Marketing and Research

    • CRM systems for marketing help the enterprise identify and target potential clients and generate leads for the sales team.
    • In a web-focused marketing CRM solution, organizations create and track specific web activities that help develop the client relationship.
    • In other words, programs usually center on efforts to create content that attracts attention and encourages readers to share it with their social networks.
    • Foursquare is a location-based social networking website where users can check into locations via their smartphones.
    • LinkedIn, being a professional business-related networking site, allows companies to create professional profiles for themselves as well as allowing their business to network and meet others.
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