Interfirm networks often take on characteristics consistent with the notion of a small world—
they are locally clustered into dense sub‐networks or cliques that are sparsely connected by …

This study examines the microprocesses in the social networks of those involved in
organizational innovation and their strategic behavioral orientation toward connecting …

This book brings together some fifteen years of research by Ranjay Gulati (and a network of
collaborators) on how the complex web of social and economic relationships in which firms …

Prior research has emphasized the importance of boundary spanners in facilitating the
transfer of knowledge between organizational units. The successful transfer of knowledge …

Innovation, particularly in a dynamic environment, is crucial to a firm's competitiveness. We
test the hypothesis that managers' performance, particularly their innovativeness, is related …

Purpose–Researchers have long been interested in the process of how networking firms
share knowledge, what mechanisms firms use to govern knowledge sharing, and what the …

The position of a firm in inter-organizational networks that occur in geographic clusters can
affect innovation. This study analyzes a wide range of ties and how they impact on the …

In this paper, we suggest that the characteristics of individual positions in an
intraorganizational network of inventors or intrafirm knowledge network predict the likelihood …

Networks change when either the ties or the nodes are modified. Research on interfirm
networks has conceptualized network change as being driven almost exclusively by …

This article reviews and discusses the empirical literature on interorganizational networks at
the network level of analysis, or what is sometimes referred to as “whole” networks. An …