Firms are increasingly selecting hybrid governance in interfirm relationships to execute a wide range of activities. To aid cumulative theory building, we propose a typology of hybrid governance identifying four types characterized by the levels of two types of asset specificity pertaining to intangible assets: process specificity and expertise specificity. We validate the typology this using d...

The networks of interfirm relations that developed in business groups during China’s economic transition have been an important part of the country’s economic transition. This article examines the process by which interfirm lending and trade ties emerged and evolved in the business groups in the early stages of reform. It studies the effect of business group structure on firm financial performa...

This article integrates social network and exchange theory to develop a model of customer value based on three relational drivers: relationship quality (the caliber of relational ties), contact density (the number of relational ties), and contact authority (the decision-making capability of relational contacts). The results suggest that the value generated from interfirm relationships derives n...

Managers seeking to improve lead-time performance are challenged by how to balance resources and investments between process improvement achieved through lean/justin-time (JIT) practices and information technology (IT) deployment. However, extant literature provides little guidance on this question. Motivated by both practical importance and lack of academic research, this article examines empi...

This paper examines the competitive consequences of interfirm mobility. Because the loss of key members (defined as top decision makers) to competing firms may amount to a replication of a firm’s higher-order routines, we investigate the conditions under which interfirm mobility triggers transfer of routines across organizational boundaries. We examine membership lists pertinent to the Dutch ac...

This paper develops a conceptual framework within which the fundamental resource dynamics of an economy may be investigated. The framework has heterogeneous firms at its center, and the dynamics governing their competitive, evolutionary and entrepreneurial interactions are made the object of analysis. This approach is motivated by the desire to penetrate to the resource dynamics of a capitalist...

Organizations are more frequently looking beyond their traditional boundaries and arranging new interorganizational arrangements which are realized through the leverage of unique information interchange relationships -electronic linkages across organizational boundaries. This paper decribes how the SMARTS system (a decision support tool) was designed to stimulate interfirm cooperation and provi...