A growing body of research suggests that an organization's ties to other organizations
furnish resources that bestow various benefits. Scholars have proposed different …

This paper reviews the literature on small‐world networks in social science and
management. This relatively new area of research represents an unusual level of cross …

Organizations are simultaneously embedded in interorganizational networks and
ecosystems, yet research on networks and ecosystems developed in isolation. The aim of …

Boschma R. Towards an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience, Regional Studies.
This paper proposes an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience. It conceptualizes …

Do firms balance exploration and exploitation in their alliance formation decisions and, if so,
why and how? We argue that absorptive capacity and organizational inertia impose …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to investigate the paradox that arises when firms
simultaneously share and protect their knowledge in an alliance with other organizations …

Executive Overview The application of social network analysis to interorganizational
contexts has seen an explosion of interest in the past several years. We argue that not only …

Small-world networks have attracted much theoretical attention and are widely thought to
enhance creativity. Yet empirical studies of their evolution and evidence of their benefits …

Social network analysis attracts increasing attention in economic geography. We claim
social network analysis is a promising tool for empirically investigating the structure and …

Abstract T er W al ALJ and B oschma R. Co-evolution of firms, industries and networks in
space, Regional Studies. The cluster literature suffers from a number of shortcomings:(1) it …