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Inter-firm knowledge creation: A re-appreciation of embeddedness from a relational perspective

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  • Roel Rutten

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Embeddedness studies often follow a structural approach, arguing, for example, that long-term relations are necessary for trust to develop. A case study of the Dutch company Océ shows that such need not be the case. Taking the process of knowledge creation as the starting-point of analysis, this can be explained. However, it is the content of network relations, what is going on inside them, that needs to be examined rather than their structure. This approach is more in line with Granovetter's original embeddedness argument. After all, it is not the fact that actors are embedded that matters, but how this affects their actions.

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  • Roel Rutten, 2004. "Inter-firm knowledge creation: A re-appreciation of embeddedness from a relational perspective," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(5), pages 659-673, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:12:y:2004:i:5:p:659-673
    DOI: 10.1080/0965431042000220002
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    1. Udo Staber, 2011. "Partners Forever? An Empirical Study of Relational Ties in Two Small-firm Clusters," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 48(2), pages 235-252, February.
    2. Aleksandra Zygmunt, 2017. "Innovation as a Significant Competitiveness Stimulant for Enterprises and Regions (Innowacje jako kluczowy czynnik stymulujacy konkurencyjnosc przedsiebiorstw i regionow)," Research Reports, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, vol. 1(23), pages 119-125.
    3. Muhammed Kürşad Özlen, 2021. "Enablers and Outcomes of Knowledge Management Implementation in Supply Chains: Manufacturing Companies Perspective," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 12(3), pages 1517-1532, September.

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