In cooperative networks firms appropriate value through bargaining over the economic benefits generated from successful execution of joint tasks and through internalizing the knowledge of partners. Consequently, acquisition and protection of knowledge are the key issues for collaborating...

Firms need new sources of HRM knowledge to enhance their internal knowledge stocks to manage their HRM systems, yet the importance of HRM knowledge flows has been somewhat neglected in the literature. We contend that flows of HRM knowledge take place in informal inter-organizational networks and...

This study aims to assess interconnectedness and risk in the market for syndicated loans to Japan's real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) from fiscal year (FY) 2013 to FY 2020 and the first half of FY 2021. Network analysis indicates that Japanese major banks, large regional banks, and J-REITs...

Using uniquely rich administrative matched employer-employee data, we investigate the impact of formal network agreements (FNAs) among firms under two perspectives. First, we assess the impact of joining a FNA on several indicators of firm performance, and total factor productivity. Second, we...

The “coopetition” paradox exists when two or more organizations are simultaneously involved in cooperative and competitive interactions. In the accounting industry, small firms encounter coopetition when they align themselves with other independent firms to form accounting associations and...

Using uniquely rich administrative matched employer-employee data, we investigate the impact of formal network agreements (FNAs) among firms under two perspectives. First, we assess the impact of joining a FNA on several indicators of firm performance, and total factor productivity. Second, we...

In almost all the industrial sectors in Italy, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are well developed. Indigenous SMEs that have been rooted in the region for a long time make up the power and backbone of Italy’s regional industries. In particular, micro enterprises with fewer than 10...

We organized business associations for the owner-managers of young Chinese firms to study the effect of business networks on firm performance. We randomized 2,820 firms into small groups whose managers held monthly meetings for one year, and into a “no-meetings” control group. We find the...

Co-creation of value is inseparable from its capturing by the various participants in the network. While the quality of the cooperation determines the co-created value, the value appropriation strategy of the participants affects the quality of the cooperative efforts. The paper presents the...

The study presents findings from thirty cases of organic product European retailers and identifies the potential enablers of collaborative network development on this food industry niche market and the barriers that currently restrict its adoption at a large scale. In the present paper, using...