Networks in transition: How industry events (re)shape interfirm relationships

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Madhavan, R; Koka, BR; Prescott, JE
• 署名单位: Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199805)19:5<439::AID-DIA952>3.0.CO;2-2
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 439-459
• 关键词: interfirm relationship networks; industry events; structural change

摘要

Interfirm relationship networks are strategic resources that can potentially be shaped by managerial action. As a first step towards understanding how managers can shape networks, we develop a framework which explains how industry networks evolve over time and in response to specific events. Our main thesis is that industry events may be either structure-reinforcing or structure-loosening and that their potential structural impact may be predicted in advance. We validate our hypotheses with longitudinal data on the strategic alliance network in the global steel industry. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.