this study is to explore the role of social exchange in the outcomes of early-stage innovation collaborations. More … specifically, we explore the social facilitators of exchange and how such facilitators may influence collaboration outcomes. Social … exchange theory is used for this purpose. This longitudinal study is based on a 3-year collaboration project for innovation …

dimensions of our identity (“homophily”). Lab studies of network formation games have found that adherence to social norms of … reciprocity and inequity aversion are also drivers of network choices. No study so far has attempted to investigate the role of … both homophily and social norms in a controlled environment. At the beginning of our experiment, each player fills in a …