From core to periphery and back: A study on the deliberate shaping of knowledge flows in interfirm dyads and networks
研究了意大利摩托车行业892个项目中的184个买卖双方和供应商关系，揭示企业如何在二元关系和网络中刻意塑造知识流动，并扮演主导角色推动网络演化。
We study 892 Italian motorcycle industry projects carried out via 184 different buyer–supplier and supplier‐supplier relationships to provide evidence on the knowledge dynamics occurring in dyads and networks and to understand the underexplored but important (perhaps even dominant) leading role that some firms play in the evolution of networks and interfirm learning processes. We develop a multiphase model which, from a multilevel perspective addressing different relational subsets, suggests how firms can best organize to generate and exchange knowledge efficiently. We argue that extant theoretical perspectives can profitably draw on our findings to strengthen their dynamic components and help them explain the widely diffused ‘exploring through partner’ strategies more effectively . Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.