Research at the intersection of social networks and strategic management identifies a range of performance-enhancing network position advantages - access to partners, information, innovation, and resources - that are distributed differentially across network positions. While research indicates...

Using data on all underwriting syndicates in Canada over nearly 40 years, we examine whether, and if so to what extent, managers are aware of and strategic about their network positions by comparing the effects of partner selection on network position at two levels of complexity. Our findings...