The structure of alliance networks influences their potential for knowledge creation. Dense
local clustering provides information transmission capacity in the network by fostering …

Researchers agree that alliance networks can be an important instrument in a firm's
innovation process, but there is limited empirical evidence on actually how they facilitate the …

This study examines the influence of the structure and composition of a firm's alliance
network on its exploratory innovation—innovation embodying knowledge that is novel …

To assess the effects of a firm's network of relations on innovation, this paper elaborates a
theoretical framework that relates three aspects of a firm's ego network—direct ties, indirect …

Empirical research on strategic alliances has focused on the idea that partners are selected
on the basis of social capital considerations. In this paper we emphasize instead the role of …

This paper aims to understand better the innovation potential of a firm's alliance network.
Here we analyze the role of an alliance network in terms of the technological distance …

Firms increasingly look to collaboration with alliance partners in their quest for breakthrough
innovation. But how does the position of a firm in its alliance network weighted by the …

This study examines the performance implications of the alliance networks of 49 firms that
competed for two technology standards in the US local area network industry from 1989 to …

abstract In spite of the consensus on the benefits of strategic alliances for learning and
innovation, our understanding of the effects of partner similarity remains conflicted. This …

Departing from prior research analyzing the implications of social structure for actors'
outcomes by applying either an ego network or a global network perspective, this study …