Resource and supplier interaction in network innovation governance: The case of innovating at Unilever
运用Alderson的组织行为系统模型，通过联合利华及其供应商网络的纵向案例，研究网络创新中资源互动的治理机制，分析了通过集中时空互动来管理网络创新的分配与分类过程。
A core challenge of network innovation is the issue of how to govern resource interactions in networks. In this paper, we suggest that Alderson’s (1957) model of organised behaviour systems is a valuable way of understanding the governance of resource interactions in selected sets of interacting suppliers. We explore a longitudinal case involving Unilever and parts of its supplier network and apply the extended case method to understand and explore network innovation governance. Alderson’s framework is used to analyse the assignment and assortment processes for governing network innovation through centralised space and time interactions.