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Network-independent partner selection and the evolution of innovation networks / Joel A. C. Baum in Management science, Vol. 56 N° 11 (Novembre 2010) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 11 (Novembre 2010) . - pp. 2094-2110 Titre : Network-independent partner selection and the evolution of innovation networks Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Joel A. C. Baum, Auteur ; Robin Cowan, Auteur ; Nicolas Jonard, Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 2094-2110 Note générale : Management Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Innovation  Networks  Strategic  alliances  Knowledge Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : 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 complementary knowledge stocks and knowledge dynamics, which have received surprisingly limited attention relative to social capital as forces behind the formation and dynamics of innovation networks. To marshal evidence in this regard, we design a simple model of partner selection in which firms ally for the purpose of learning and innovating, and in doing so create an industry network. We abstract completely from network-based structural and strategic motives for partner selection and focus instead on the idea that firms' knowledge bases must "fit" for joint learning and innovation to be possible, and thus for an alliance to be feasible. The striking result is that, despite containing no social capital considerations, this simple model replicates the firm conduct, network structure, and contingent effects of network position on performance observed and discussed in the empirical literature. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/56/11/2094 [article] Network-independent partner selection and the evolution of innovation networks [texte imprimé] / Joel A. C. Baum, Auteur ; Robin Cowan, Auteur ; Nicolas Jonard, Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 2094-2110. Management Langues : Anglais (eng) in Management science > Vol. 56 N° 11 (Novembre 2010) . - pp. 2094-2110 Mots-clés : Innovation  Networks  Strategic  alliances  Knowledge Index. décimale : 658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce Résumé : 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 complementary knowledge stocks and knowledge dynamics, which have received surprisingly limited attention relative to social capital as forces behind the formation and dynamics of innovation networks. To marshal evidence in this regard, we design a simple model of partner selection in which firms ally for the purpose of learning and innovating, and in doing so create an industry network. We abstract completely from network-based structural and strategic motives for partner selection and focus instead on the idea that firms' knowledge bases must "fit" for joint learning and innovation to be possible, and thus for an alliance to be feasible. The striking result is that, despite containing no social capital considerations, this simple model replicates the firm conduct, network structure, and contingent effects of network position on performance observed and discussed in the empirical literature. DEWEY : 658 ISSN : 0025-1909 En ligne : http://mansci.journal.informs.org/cgi/content/abstract/56/11/2094