Networks in transition: how industry events (re)shape interfirm relationships
研究行业事件如何影响企业间关系网络的演变，区分结构强化与结构松动两类事件，并用全球钢铁行业的战略联盟数据验证假设。
Interfirm relationship networks are strategic resources that can potentially be shaped by managerial action. As a first step towards understanding how managers can shape networks, we develop a framework which explains how industry networks evolve over time and in response to specific events. Our main thesis is that industry events may be either structure-reinforcing or structure-loosening, and that their potential structural impact may be predicted in advance. We validate our hypotheses with longitudinal data on the strategic alliance network in the global steel industry. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd