This article aims to verify when operational performance is affected by two types of relationship embeddedness between firms and byers and suppliers. Based on 75 focal firms and their ties, our results point out that relational embeddedness reinforces structural embeddedness. Upstream and downstream relationships differ while affecting quality and productivity.

T community-based model for software development in open source environments is becoming a viable alternative to traditional firm-based models. To better understand the workings of open source environments, we examine the effects of network embeddedness—or the nature of the relationship among projects and developers—on the success of open source projects. We find that considerable heterogeneity...

The paper presents the concept of embeddedness of economic activity in relation to agriculture. In this perspective, economic activity can be considered dependent on cognitive structures, structures of social relations, culture, and political institutions. It has been concluded that the idea of embeddedness can be an interesting and useful analytical tool for the analysis of economic activity u...