Exploring the locus of invention: The dynamics of network communities and firms' invention productivity

M Sytch, A Tatarynowicz - Academy of Management Journal, 2014 - journals.aom.org
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 …

Interfirm collaboration networks: The impact of large-scale network structure on firm innovation

MA Schilling, CC Phelps - Management science, 2007 - pubsonline.informs.org
The structure of alliance networks influences their potential for knowledge creation. Dense
local clustering provides information transmission capacity in the network by fostering …

How do networks matter? The performance effects of interorganizational networks

R Gulati, D Lavie, RR Madhavan - Research in organizational behavior, 2011 - Elsevier
A growing body of research suggests that an organization's ties to other organizations
furnish resources that bestow various benefits. Scholars have proposed different …

Interfirm collaboration networks: The impact of small world connectivity on firm innovation

MA Schilling, CC Phelps - Available at SSRN 564422, 2005 - papers.ssrn.com
The structure of alliance networks strongly influences their potential for knowledge creation.
Dense local clustering provides transmission capacity in the network by fostering …

The evolution of inventor networks in the Silicon Valley and Boston regions

L Fleming, K Frenken - Advances in Complex Systems, 2007 - World Scientific
While networks are widely thought to enhance regional innovative capability, there exist few
longitudinal studies of their formation and evolution over time. Based on an analysis of all …

Network characteristics and patenting in biotechnology, 1990-2006

I Demirkan, S Demirkan - Journal of Management, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
In this study, the authors focus on specifically which types of networks and what types of
relationships matter most for the focal firm's innovative performance in biotechnology …

Knowledge transfer in intraorganizational networks: Effects of network position and absorptive capacity on business unit innovation and performance

W Tsai - Academy of management journal, 2001 - journals.aom.org
Drawing on a network perspective on organizational learning, I argue that organizational
units can produce more innovations and enjoy better performance if they occupy central …

[PDF][PDF] Network position and firm performance: Organizational returns to collaboration in the biotechnology industry

WW Powell, KW Koput, L Smith-Doerr… - Research in the …, 1999 - stanford.edu
We examine the relationship between position in a network of relationships and
organizational performance. Drawing on ten years of observations (1988-1997) for nearly …

Metropolitan patenting, inventor agglomeration and social networks: A tale of two effects

J Lobo, D Strumsky - Journal of Urban Economics, 2008 - Elsevier
We investigate the separate effects on metropolitan patenting of inventor agglomeration and
the structure of social networks linking inventors within and across metropolitan areas in the …

Collective invention and inventor networks

WW Powell, E Giannella - Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, 2010 - Elsevier
Collective invention occurs when competing organizations share knowledge about the
design and development of new technologies. Such exchange and circulation of ideas and …