The Economics of Interfirm Networks

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Interfirm Networks

Constructing Innovativeness in New-Media Start-Up Firms

10.1068/a3558 ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 1951-1984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolf Heydebrand ◽  
Annalisa Mirón
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
State Level ◽  
Project Teams ◽  
Business Culture ◽  
Project Organization ◽  
Interfirm Networks ◽  
Self Organized ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Mixed Networks ◽  
Client Relations

We focus on the social construction of innovativeness in the context of project teams and interfirm networks among new-media start-up firms in Silicon Alley, Manhattan. The analysis is based on a total of thirty-four interviews with firm executives and other informants. A brief discussion of the historical and structural context of the research project is followed by an exposition of the theoretical framework, that is, the theory of industrial districts and the hypothesized connection between innovativeness and interactivity. In each of the three subsequent sections of the paper, the empirical findings are presented and analyzed: the grounded conceptions of innovativeness, the two main variants of project organization (self-organized versus managerially coordinated project teams), and the varieties of interfirm networks such as transactional and mixed networks. Other networking practices documented are client relations and hiring. We consider the effect of state-level legal infrastructure and economic deregulation on the business culture of interfirm networking, information sharing, and innovativeness.

scholarly journals Interfirm network structure and firm resources: Towards a unifying concept

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-264
Author(s):  
Jesse Karjalainen ◽  
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Aku Valtakoski ◽  
Ilkka Kauranen ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Strategic Alliances ◽  
Resource Distribution ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Firm Resources ◽  
Network Resource ◽  
Interfirm Networks ◽  
Extant Literature

PURPOSE: The objective of this paper is to propose a concept of network resource distribution that systematically unifies the resource-based and network-based perspectives on interfirm networks and enables integrated analysis of how firm resources and network structure interact to affect firm performance. METHODOLOGY: This conceptual paper first reviews the extant literature on interfirm networks and then develops the unifying concept of network resource distribution. FINDINGS: The literature review indicates that strategy scholars have long sought to integrate the resource-based view and the social network explanations of firm performance but, thus far, only a partial integration has been achieved. In particular, studies on the resource-level heterogeneity of interfirm networks have largely been limited to the analysis of firm dyads. How firm resources and network structure beyond the immediate network partners interact to affect firm performance has not yet been adequately addressed. The proposed unified concept of network resource distribution systematizes prior research and illuminates how network structure and firm resources interact to affect firm performance beyond the immediate network partners. IMPLICATIONS FOR THEORY AND PRACTICE: For theory, this paper highlights gaps in the extant literature on interfirm networks and proposes a unifying concept that can be utilized to address these gaps and to develop further theory in the area. For practice, this paper encourages managers not to limit their analyses of strategic alliances to immediate partnerships; it is also crucial to consider the partners and their resources, and reflect on how they are related to one another outside of the immediate partnership portfolio. ORIGINALITY AND VALUE: Network resource distribution is a novel concept that ties together and systematizes various strands of research on interfirm networks, thus providing a foundation for future research in the area. The concept is also amenable to detailed operationalization, facilitating subsequent quantitative testing of theoretical arguments combining firm resources and the structure of a network.

scholarly journals Firm Performance and the Evolution of Cooperative Interfirm Networks: UK Venture Capital Syndication

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 107-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Checkley ◽  
Christian Steglich ◽  
Duncan Angwin ◽  
Richard Endersby
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Venture Capital ◽  
Interfirm Networks

Interfirm collaboration through interfirm networks

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Li ◽  
Howard Williams
Keyword(s):  
Interfirm Networks ◽  
Interfirm Collaboration
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