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Managing and working across organizations in a multi-organizational network context has become common practice. Present analyses of such settings are characterized by a structural approach and a focus on ego-centric network relationships. In this conceptual chapter, we propose a process approach...
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Network markets are characterized by composite goods or services that can be obtained from alternative combinations of basic products. Examples are complex, multistage production and consumption systems, transport and communications. Efficiency in these markets depends on the net effect of the...
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Traditional corporate social capital formulations have been based on a firm’s positioning within its network of market place alliances. This paper extends this model by incorporating additional firm status attributes into an integrated model for corporate social capital. An empirical study of...
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Schumpeter's definition): from interaction between consumers and firms innovation emerges as a relational good …
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destruction leading to the obsolescence of existing technologies. We quantify the innovation gains from collaborations, and show … economy. Our efficiency analysis further allows us to study the effect of competition on innovation in R&D intensive …
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In this article we discuss the nature and productivity of informal innovation networks, i.e. informal collaborative … arrangements between organizations engaged in product or process innovation. Such networks can be used in any phase of the … innovation process, but their informal nature makes them especially suited for its fuzzy front end. We explore their potential in …
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Trademarks are indeed about information, but trademark doctrine misunderstands trademarks’ information function. Trademark doctrine takes a broadcast view in a networked world. Rather than a world where a single source transmits messages to a passive public, we live in a world where many...
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introducing type heterogeneity into the basic connections model. Linking preferences in a two-type society are “power based” if … architecture (pairwise stable and strongly efficient) given “power based” linking preferences as long as the linking costs are …
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