Interpersonal and Interaction Influences on Informal Resource Exchanges Between R&amp;D Researchers Across Organizational Boundaries

Bouty, Isabelle

doi:10.5465/1556385

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“…Research on interpersonal relations, by contrast, has documented the liberal sharing of information in informal networks among professionals from different organizations, based on shared passions and mutual trust, with limited attention for connections with the interorganizational level (Bouty 2000, Brown and Duguid 2001, Dahl and Pedersen 2004, Kreiner and Schultz 1993, Schrader 1991, von Hippel 1987.…”

Section: Embeddedness In Interorganizational and Interpersonal Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Contacts and Contracts: Cross-Level Network Dynamics in the Development of an Aircraft Material

Berends

Burg

Raaij

2011

Organization Science

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I n this paper, we investigate how interorganizational networks and interpersonal networks interact over time. We present a retrospective longitudinal case study of the network system that developed a novel aircraft material and analyze change episodes from a structurationist perspective. We identify five types of episodes in which interpersonal and interorganizational networks interact (persistence, prospecting, consolidation, reconfiguration, and dissolution) and analyze conditions for these episodes and sequences among them. Our findings advance a cross-level perspective on embeddedness and show how individuals may draw on relational and structural embeddedness as distributed resources. The multiple levels of embeddedness impact network dynamics by introducing converging and diverging dialectics, thereby limiting path dependence and proactive network orchestration.

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Section: Embeddedness In Interorganizational and Interpersonal Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Contacts and Contracts: Cross-Level Network Dynamics in the Development of an Aircraft Material

Berends

Burg

Raaij

2011

Organization Science

136

134

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“…Similarly, we suggest that mobile inventors propose collaborative R&D projects with former colleagues to their managers. Earlier research has shown that mobile employees continue to communicate with their prior colleagues (Corredoira & Rosenkopf, 2010), but that organizational boundaries also limit information exchange and knowledge (Bouty, 2000;Singh, 2005). Mobile inventors may try to overcome restrictions on knowledge exchange with their personal connections by proposing cooperative R&D projects to their superiors.…”

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confidence: 99%

Knowing Me, Knowing You: Inventor Mobility and the Formation of Technology-oriented Alliances

Wagner

Goossen

2018

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. All rights reserved. This document may be distributed for free -electronically or in print -in the same formats as it is available on the website of the ESMT (www.esmt.org) for non-commercial purposes. It is not allowed to produce any derivates of it without the written permission of ESMT. Terms of use: Documents inFind more ESMT working papers at ESMT faculty publications, SSRN, RePEc, and EconStor. We link the hiring of R&D scientists from industry competitors to the subsequent formation of collaborative agreements, namely technology-oriented alliances. By transferring technological knowledge as well as cognitive elements to the hiring firm, mobile inventors foster the alignment of decision frames applied by potential alliance partners in the process of alliance formation thereby making collaboration more likely. Using data on inventor mobility and alliance formation amongst 42 global pharmaceutical firms over 16 years, we show that inventor mobility is positively associated with the likelihood of alliance formation in periods following inventor movements. This relationship becomes more pronounced if mobile employees bring additional knowledge about their prior firm's technological capabilities and for alliances aimed at technology development rather than for agreements related to technology transfer. It is weakened, however, if the focal firm is already familiar with the competitor's technological capabilities. By revealing these relationships, our study contributes to research on alliance formation, employee mobility, and organizational frames.

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“…The networked nature of business is taken into account in the business model and business model innovation literature [Zott et al, 2011]. Examples include a business model canvas [Osterwalder and Pigneur, 2010], value networks [Allee, 2008], and resources and capabilities across organizational boundaries [Bouty, 2000]. Business networks have been identified as a source of competitive advantage [Porter andKramer, 2002, West et al, 2015].…”

Section: Business Models and Strategy In Business Networkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applying Enterprise Architecture to Business Networks

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Interpersonal and Interaction Influences on Informal Resource Exchanges Between R&D Researchers Across Organizational Boundaries

Cited by 205 publications

References 23 publications

Contacts and Contracts: Cross-Level Network Dynamics in the Development of an Aircraft Material

Contacts and Contracts: Cross-Level Network Dynamics in the Development of an Aircraft Material

Knowing Me, Knowing You: Inventor Mobility and the Formation of Technology-oriented Alliances

Applying Enterprise Architecture to Business Networks

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