When actors invest in making strong network ties (relationships) with other actors, such ties can potentially influence behavior and subsequent financial performance, but the strength and direction of these effects is debated. Using original fine-grained data that documents the nature and extent...

This paper draws on the structural embeddedness perspective to conceptually address the following question: “What is the relation between firm growth and its structural position within a network of multirelational ties?” While the organizational approaches that have adhered to the structural...

Can the concept of speciation explain evidence on how technologies branch and advance? Can evidence on innovation through spin-off usefully inform the concept of speciation? These questions are addressed through a case study of detailed processes enabling the shift of technology to new domains...