How do structural holes promote network expansion?

Min, Guo; Yang, Ning; Wang, Jingbei; Zhang, Yanlu; Wang, Yan

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121129

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“…Therefore, H3 is verified. This is similar to the findings of a previous study [64]. Guan and Yan showed [26] that the geographical distance between two organizations in a patent collaboration network, has no moderating effect on innovation performance.…”

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China’s non-ferrous metal recycling technology convergence and driving factors: A quadratic assignment procedure analysis based on patent collaboration-based network structural hole

Luo

Zor

2022

PLoS ONE

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Technological convergence is an important organizational innovation capability, essential for improving the core competitiveness of green and sustainable industries. However, studies have mainly focused on measuring technological convergence and have ignored the factors that affect the capabilities of such convergence capabilities. Thus, this study attempts to bridge this gap by providing an in-depth analysis of the impact of structural holes in inter-organizational technical cooperation networks. This technological convergence is studied from the perspective of a patent. It also considers the moderating effects of the degree of patent cooperation and the cooperation distance. It employs the social network theory to construct inter-organizational patent cooperation, and technological convergence networks, to facilitate the analysis of the effect of structural holes on such a convergence. It empirically examines 52 non-ferrous metal recycling organizations, with close patent cooperation. Accordingly, the structural hole constraint index by the inter-organizational patent cooperation network, shows a positive U-shaped curve relationship with technology convergence. Moreover, the degree of inter-organizational patent cooperation strengthens the positive U-shaped relationship, and the distance of cooperation weakens the influence of the structural hole constraint index on technology convergence. Therefore, managers and policymakers should encourage more industry-academia-research or patent alliances and designate policies to promote such cooperation.

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China’s non-ferrous metal recycling technology convergence and driving factors: A quadratic assignment procedure analysis based on patent collaboration-based network structural hole

Luo

Zor

2022

PLoS ONE

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“…The macro-level social network structures emerge from the agglomeration of micro-level behavioral actions of individual actors, which result in the formation of social ties (Gulati et al, 2012;Guo et al, 2021;Prell, 2009). The network structures, including licensing networks, will thus be affected by actors' network strategies aiming to gain access to certain resources, or actors' strategies choosing to retain some advantages derived from their activities within smaller groups.…”

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“…In this line, recent social network studies began to focus on the opportunistic behavior of actors and its consequences on the network structure. For example, a firm's competitive advantage seeking behavior often drive them into a structural hole position and, simultaneously, expand their affiliated networks (Guo et al, 2021). Consequently, such behavior can lead to diverse network structures (Guo et al, 2021).…”

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Structure of university licensing networks

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Lužar²,

Yoshioka-Kobayashi

2022

Scientometrics

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We study the structure and evolution of networks of inventors involved in university licensing and patenting. In particular, we focus on networks of inventors that have successfully licensed a university patent (i.e., licensing networks), and investigate levels of their fragmentation, cliquishness, and whether they exhibit the small world phenomenon. We find that these licensing networks are more fragmented and cliquish than the networks of inventors engaged in all (not necessarily licensed) patents (i.e., patenting networks), and that they are not small worlds. Additionally, by comparing the created licensing networks to random subnetworks of the patenting networks, we find that concerns in regard to the potential effects of opportunistic behavior are, to some degree, justified. We detect an interesting collaboration behavior of inventors who license, which we designate as dualistic opportunistic behavior.

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“…Research on the impact of innovation networks on firms’ innovation performance can be broadly divided into two categories. One category is from a social network science perspective, focusing on the impact of the looseness of network structure [ 6 ], the centrality of network location [ 7 , 8 ], structural holes [ 9 ], and the strength of network linkages [ 10 ] on firms’ innovation activities. The other category is from the perspective of relational research, exploring the role of various relationship types, such as formal and informal relationships [ 11 ], horizontal and vertical relationships [ 12 , 13 ], multi-stage and multi-level cooperation [ 14 , 15 ], and cooperation with different goals [ 5 , 16 ], on the innovation performance of enterprises.…”

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How enterprise interactions in innovation networks affect technological innovation performance: The role of technological innovation capacity and absorptive capacity

Fan

Huang²,

Sheng-xu³

2023

PLoS ONE

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Current research on the impact of innovation networks focuses on the web and inter-organizational layers, with less consideration of individual behavior at the firm level. Interaction is an active action strategy that firms take when dealing with the external environment. Therefore, this study explores the mechanism of enterprise interaction on innovation development from the perspective of an innovation network. And measures enterprise interaction in three dimensions: affective interaction, resource interaction, and management interaction. The empirical results indicate that the three dimensions of enterprise interaction contribute significantly to technological innovation performance, and the realization of this role requires technological innovation capabilities (technological research and development capabilities, technological commercialization capabilities) to play a partially mediating role. The moderating effect of absorptive capacity between resource interaction, management interaction, and technological innovation capability is significant; however, the moderating effect between affective interaction and technological innovation capability is statistically insignificant. This study promotes the development of interaction theory to a certain extent, which helps enterprises build appropriate industrial chains in innovation networks and achieve rapid development.

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How do structural holes promote network expansion?

Cited by 35 publications

References 102 publications

China’s non-ferrous metal recycling technology convergence and driving factors: A quadratic assignment procedure analysis based on patent collaboration-based network structural hole

China’s non-ferrous metal recycling technology convergence and driving factors: A quadratic assignment procedure analysis based on patent collaboration-based network structural hole

Structure of university licensing networks

How enterprise interactions in innovation networks affect technological innovation performance: The role of technological innovation capacity and absorptive capacity

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