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Network structure and innovation: The leveraging of a dual network as a distinctive relational capability

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Capaldo, Antonio·2007·Strategic Management Journal

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This paper employs comparative longitudinal case study research to investigate why and how strong dyadic interfirm ties and two alternative network architectures (a ‘strong ties network’ and a ‘dual network’) impact the innovative capability of the lead firm in an alliance network. I answer these intrinsically cross‐level research questions by examining how three design‐intensive furnishings manufacturers managed their networks of joint‐design alliances with consulting industrial design firms over more than 30 years. Initially, in order to explore the sample lead firms' alliance behavior, I advance an operationalization of interorganizational tie strength. Next, I unveil the strengths of strong ties and the weaknesses of a strong ties network. Finally, I show that the ability to integrate a large periphery of heterogeneous weak ties and a core of strong ties is a distinctive lead firm's relational capability, one that provides fertile ground for leading firms in knowledge‐intensive alliance networks to gain competitive advantages whose sustainability is primarily based on the dynamic innovative capability resulting from leveraging a dual network architecture. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“, 2014), and interorganisational relationships (e.g., Ahuja, 2000; Capaldo, 2007; Schilling and Phelps, 2007; Messeni Petruzzelli, 2011; Capaldo and Messeni Petruzzelli, 2014).”
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“Some dynamic capabilities confirm extant findings in different studies (Capaldo, 2007; Dell’Era and Verganti, 2010), others emerge as real novelties.”
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“Similarly, Capaldo [39] suggests that compact networks could make it difficult to incorporate new knowledge, despite their wealth of social capital.”
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Whether and how managers' negotiable fate belief and knowledge search affect enterprise innovation
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Background
Relational antecedents of innovation in family firms: The complexity role of non-family employees' commitment
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[Retracted] Path Optimization of Enterprise Network Innovation Performance Management Based on Deep Learning and Internet of Things
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Value-Based Partnering Structure Design for Networked Businesses: A Multi-Method Approach
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Typologia sieci aliansów
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Authors: Capaldo, A.
Affiliations: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
Corresponding author: Capaldo, Antonio
ORCID: Capaldo, Antonio
Venue: Strategic Management Journal
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2007-03-07
Volume: 28
Issue: 6
Pages: 585-608
ISSN: 0143-2095 (ISSN-L)
1097-0266
DOI: 10.1002/smj.621
OpenAlex: W2004383939
Cited by: 986
References: 68
Citations by year: 2026: 26 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 34 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 46 · 2021: 81 · 2020: 95 · 2019: 65 · 2018: 60 · 2017: 65 · 2016: 59 · 2015: 70 · 2014: 64 · 2013: 62 · 2012: 58
FWCI: 79.26
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
core.ac.uk
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations: Strategic Management Journal (publishedVersion)
SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategy and Innovation
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
Keywords: inter-firm networks, network architecture, dual network, strong ties, weak ties, relational capabilities, innovation ability, alliance networks, competitive advantage

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