D Knoke - Sociological methods & research, 1993 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent research on community power structures and national political elites increasingly incorporates social network concepts, principles, and methodologies. Analysts using this …
We argue in this paper that when the knowledge base of an industry is both complex and expanding and the sources of expertise are widely dispersed, the locus of innovation will be …
W Tsai, S Ghoshal - Academy of management Journal, 1998 - journals.aom.org
Using data collected from multiple respondents in all the business units of a large multinational electronics company, we examined the relationships both among the …
This paper combines the concept of weak ties from social network research and the notion of complex knowledge to explain the role of weak ties in sharing knowledge across …
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 …
This paper presents a dynamic, firm‐level study of the role of network resources in determining alliance formation. Such resources inhere not so much within the firm but reside …
A field study involving 190 employees in 38 work groups representing five diverse organizations provided evidence that social networks, as defined in terms of both positive …
This paper introduces the concept of knowledge networks to explain why some business units are able to benefit from knowledge residing in other parts of the company while others …
We examine the moderating effect of industry clockspeed on the relationship between strategic schemas, strategic flexibility and firm performance. We employ two key properties …