Research has documented the benefits of social ties across boundaries of competing firms
but has not specified when competition enables such ties or when it damages them. Ninety …

This study explores how social structure affects interfirm alliance formation patterns. It
proposes that the social context emerging from prior alliances and considerations of …

In light of the increasing importance of strategic alliances in shaping competition, this study
explored whether the social network of small firm executives can be leveraged to facilitate …

This paper investigates the evolutionary dynamics of a dual social structure encompassing
collaboration and conflict among corporate actors. We apply and advance structural balance …

In this article I seek to apply findings from recent research on rivalry relationships to firm-
level competitive strategy. I integrate microlevel and macrolevel theory in arguing that …

Purpose This study aims at developing a conceptual framework for the networking
behaviour of firms having relational and non-relational competitive interactions. Initially the …

Prior research on interorganizational relationships suggests that firms tend to choose past
partners for future alliances, because they have access to information on these partners that …

This research responds to the charges of two criticisms about the embeddedness approach—
(1) that it does not treat embeddedness as a variable and (2) that it does not explain …

Friendships with competitors can improve the performance of organizations through the
mechanisms of enhanced collaboration, mitigated competition, and better information …

In response to rapid technological change and the globalization of markets and competition,
American companies are increasingly forming coalitions with other organizations as part of …