Sub-theme 51: Organizational Networks in Flux

Convenors:
Terry L. Amburgey, University of Toronto, Canada
Jörg Raab, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Session I: Thursday, July 07, 09:00 to 10:45, H-C23
Network Assembly and Reassembly
Chair: Terry Amburgey
Remzi Gözübüyük, Geoffrey Bell and Akbar Zaheer
Where do alliance networks come from? The role of firm knowledge capabilities
Remco S. Mannak, Marius Meeus, Jörg Raab and Alexander Smit
Repeated ties in R&D consortia: Time-dependency and past performance
Miia Martinsuo and Marika Lähdeaho
Industrial companies moving towards service-oriented business: Requirements to the supply network
Rene Bakker and Joris Knoben
To bound or not to bound: Time bounds specification in strategic alliances
Session II: Thursday, July 07, 14:00 to 15:30, H-C23
Network Structure
Chair: Brian Silverman
Andrew Shipilov, Stan Xiao Li and Joel A.C. Baum
Embedded inter-organization tie formation
Alessandro Lomi, Daniele Mascia and Francesca Pallotti
The network dynamics of collaboration between multipoint competitors
Dalhia Mani
Structure and agency in networks: Absolute position versus incremental change
Session III: Thursday, July 07, 16:00 to 17:30, H-C23
Governance in, of and through Networks
Chair: Keith Provan
Alison Kemper
Governance reform, speed and the structure of organizational fields
Paul H. Driessen, Josée Bloemer, Kristina Manser, Bas Hillebrand and Gerrit Willem Ziggers
An explorative study on what network governance entails: Towards a behavioural taxonomy
Steffen Blaschke and Jetta Frost
The dynamics of network governance: Introducing the modular mode
Session IV: Friday, July 08, 09:00 to 11:00, H-C23
Whole Networks
Chair: Jörg Raab
Andreas Al-Laham, Terry L. Amburgey and Suleika Bort
The drivers and consequences of whole networks formation. An institutional perspective on network evolution
Astrid Kramer, Niels G. Noorderhaven and Patrick Kenis
What makes whole networks resilient to potential individual behaviors resulting from institutional change?
Frederik M. Metzger
Assembling interorganizational networks: What shapes network identity?
Session V: Friday, July 08, 14:00 to 16:00, H-C23
Networks, New Firms and New Markets
Chair: Andreas Al-Laham
Corey Phelps and Anu Wadhwa
Take a chance on me: An examination of the interdependence of start-up tie formation across venture capital and alliance networks
Joanne Larty
Networking for business development: The case of franchisee entrepreneurs
Mark Ebers, Thorsten Semrau and Stefan Sigmund
Exploration and exploitation in network development: How ambidexterity affects new venture performance
Patrick Panitz
The role of different networks in nascent markets – The emergence of a cluster on organic electronics
Session VI: Saturday, July 09, 09:00 to 10:30, H-C23
Not your Usual Networks
Chair: Mark Ebers
István Jávor and David Jancsics
Inter-organizational networks of corruption
Cynthia G. Webster, Richard G. Seymour and Jarrod Ormiston
The influence of inter-organisational networks on internationalisation and sustained innovation in the Australian documentary film industry
Brian S. Silverman and Paul Ingram
Network dynamics and the evolution of institutional roles
Session VII: Saturday, July 09, 11:00 to 12:30, H-C23
From Micro to Macro
Chair: Terry Amburgey and Andreas Al-Laham
Julien Mesangeau and Alexandre Mallard
Connecting organizations through a professional social network site: Case study of an alumni network hosted on LinkedIn
Timo Braun, Gordon Müller-Seitz and Jörg Sydow
Network citizenship behaviour? An explorative analysis at the project–network nexus
Eric Quintane, Philippa Pattison, Garry Robins and Joeri Mol
The short-term stability of organizational networks: Temporal structures of project teams
Tsutomu Nakano
Heterarchy of network principles in a complex system: Creative friction and generative rewiring in a large-scale regional cluster