Structural holes in networks of cross-organizational R&D teams

Cilem Selin Hazir and Corinne Autant-Bernard ()
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Cilem Selin Hazir: ESC [Rennes] - ESC Rennes School of Business
Corinne Autant-Bernard: GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UCBL - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne

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Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between network position and performance in temporary cross-organizational R&D teams. We argue that at the team level, the negative impacts of SH are likely to overcome the positive ones due to specific difficulties in knowledge sharing and resource mobilization, which counterbalance the positive effects associated with better knowledge access. Using data on collaborative projects supported by the European Union in the field of information and communication technologies during 2014-2018 and controlling for endogeneity, we find that the richness of a team's position in terms of structural holes is not favorable for scientific publications at least in the short run supporting the view that structural holes would act as a brake on the dissemination of knowledge between R&D teams.

Keywords: R&; D networks; Structural holes; Multiple team membership; Inter-organizational teams (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-12-13
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Published in Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2024, pp.1-24. ⟨10.1080/10438599.2024.2439384⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2024.2439384

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