作者:Madhavan, R; Koka, BR; Prescott, JE
作者单位:Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); University of Pittsburgh; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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 lo...