LEARNING IN HYBRID-PROJECT SYSTEMS: THE EFFECTS OF PROJECT PERFORMANCE ON REPEATED COLLABORATION

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Schwab, Andreas; Miner, Anne S.
• 署名单位: Iowa State University; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2008.35732606
• 发表日期: 2008
• 页码: 1117-1149
• 关键词: social-structure; STRATEGIC GROUPS; FILM INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE; INNOVATION; resource; exploration; experience; Hollywood; diffusion

摘要

This study advances contingency theories of performance-outcome learning in hybrid-project systems, in which both project participants and superordinate organizations influence the formation of project ventures. We propose that performance-outcome learning depends on the perceived relevance of prior performance and on organizational control over project participants. We examine this framework using data on 239 U.S. movie projects from the years 1931-40. In keeping with our theory, higher project performance led to future collaborations with the same partners, contingent on prior collaborations, project similarity, and organizational control. Our findings imply distinct patterns of network evolution and unfolding adaptation of hybrid-project systems through slow-moving, local adjustments.