Shaping and re-shaping social capital in buyer-supplier relationships |
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Authors: | Mathew Hughes Robert K Perrons |
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Institution: | a Nottingham University Business School, Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road, Nottingham, NG8 1BB, United Kingdomb Queensland University of Technology, School of Management, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australiac Shell International Exploration and Production, P.O. Box 51510, New Orleans, LA 70151-1510, USA |
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Abstract: | Social capital plays an important role in explaining how value is created from firms' network relationships, but little is understood about how social capital is shaped over time and how it is re-shaped when firms consolidate their network ties. In response, this study explores the evolution of social capital in buyer-supplier relationships through a case study of a company undertaking radical product innovation, and examines the corresponding changes in the firm's network of buyer-supplier relationships. The analysis shows that social capital is built in a decidedly non-linear and non-uniform manner. The study also reveals considerable interaction among the dimensions of social capital throughout the evolution of the firm's network, and emphasizes the importance of the cognitive dimension—a feature receiving little attention thus far. The evidence shows, too, that efforts to strengthen social capital need to increase when network ties are sacrificed to prevent unintended consequences for firms' longer-term value creation. |
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Keywords: | Buyer-supplier relationships Innovation Social capital |
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