This paper is an effort to review and organize the now vast literature on inter firm networks,
with the aim of assessing the important current forms of net work, the organizational …

Social network theory suggests that firms bridging structural holes by connecting
disconnected partners in a network benefit from timely access to diverse knowledge …

Research Summary: How does the organization of patenting activity affect a firm's patenting
outcomes? We investigate how the composition of patenting teams relates to both the scope …

abstract Researchers studying the structural embeddedness of firms in networks have
focused on its effects on economic behaviour, strategic action and competitive behaviour …

This paper focuses on the role of inter-organizational networks as facilitators of knowledge
flow and innovation. It introduces the concepts of network capital and network space to …

While strategy scholars primarily focus on internal firm capabilities and network scholars
typically examine network structure, we posit that firms with superior network structures may …

Whereas recent research on organizational innovation suggests that there is an ecology of
roles supporting the innovation process, the majority of network research has concentrated …

Intraorganizational social networks are known to be important antecedents to individual
career attainment, but research examining their influence on firm-level performance has …

In this paper, we provide an empirical analysis of evolving networks of successful R&D
collaborations in the IT industry (consisting of firms that obtained patents in the technological …