TY - GEN
T1 - Repeated ties in Multi-Partner R&D-consortia: Temporal Dynamic Effects of Embeddedness
AU - Mannak, Remco S.
AU - Raab, Jörg
AU - Smit, Alexander C.
PY - 2012/7/1
Y1 - 2012/7/1
N2 - This study investigates how network integration is sustained over time by repeated collaboration of the same set of actors in multi-partner R&D-consortia. Effects of consortium embeddedness are tested for different types of repeated collaboration, by examining the founding of 1653 R&D-projects during an observation period of 23 years. Results show that embeddedness stimulates the likelihood of repeated collaboration, and provides the network a stable core, particularly when external ties are shaped by multiple consortium members. Furthermore, the orientation of the stable core is prone to the type of external ties of the consortium. Finally, embeddedness effects are temporal dynamic: embeddedness advantages increase when the collaboration matures over time, until the project ends. Accordingly, this study demonstrates the importance of a dynamic perspective on embeddedness in order to reveal how a stable core of repeatedly collaborating actors develops in inter-organizational networks.
AB - This study investigates how network integration is sustained over time by repeated collaboration of the same set of actors in multi-partner R&D-consortia. Effects of consortium embeddedness are tested for different types of repeated collaboration, by examining the founding of 1653 R&D-projects during an observation period of 23 years. Results show that embeddedness stimulates the likelihood of repeated collaboration, and provides the network a stable core, particularly when external ties are shaped by multiple consortium members. Furthermore, the orientation of the stable core is prone to the type of external ties of the consortium. Finally, embeddedness effects are temporal dynamic: embeddedness advantages increase when the collaboration matures over time, until the project ends. Accordingly, this study demonstrates the importance of a dynamic perspective on embeddedness in order to reveal how a stable core of repeatedly collaborating actors develops in inter-organizational networks.
U2 - https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2012.199
DO - https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2012.199
M3 - Conference contribution
VL - 2012
T3 - Academy of Management Proceedings
BT - 2012 AOM Annual Meeting
PB - AOM
ER -