Inter-Firm Networks and Entrepreneurial Behavior: A Structural Embeddedness Perspective
Journal
Journal of Management
ISSN
0149-2063
ISSN-Digital
1557-1211
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2003-06-01
Author(s)
Simsek, Zeki
;
Lubatkin, Michael H.
;
Floyd, Steven
Abstract
We develop a theory of the effects of inter-organizational networks on both radical and incremental forms of firm-level entrepreneurial behavior (EB). The central argument is that structural embeddedness, with its focus on the network as a whole, and its two consequences, relational and cognitive embeddedness, individually and collectively influence incremental and radical forms of EB. Relationships in our model are driven by reciprocal interactions between intra- and inter-organizational sensemaking. This reasoning leads us to a dynamic, co-evolutionary model of EB.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Pergamon
Publisher place
New York, NY
Volume
29
Number
3
Start page
427
End page
442
Pages
16
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
53174