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Networks, Innovation and Performance

In: Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies

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  • Yuna Chiffoleau

    (National Institute for Agronomic Research)

  • Fabrice Dreyfus

    (National School for Higher Studies in Agronomics, UMR Innovation)

  • Rafael Stofer

    (National Institute for Agronomic Research)

  • Jean-Marc Touzard

    (National Institute for Agronomic Research)

Abstract

This paper combines economics and economic sociology to assess the role of local inter-firm networks in innovation dynamics and economic performance in a cluster of cooperatives. Focusing on the exchanges of advice between managers, our study is based on 31 cooperatives in southern France. Using both sociometric and economic data, we find correlations between cooperatives’ relational, innovation and economic scores. The cooperatives’ specificity, however, questions the results obtained in different settings. The network analysis may thus ground a comprehensive interactionist approach to cooperatives, but may also offer tools to renew their governance strategies.

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  • Yuna Chiffoleau & Fabrice Dreyfus & Rafael Stofer & Jean-Marc Touzard, 2007. "Networks, Innovation and Performance," Springer Books, in: Vertical Markets and Cooperative Hierarchies, chapter 0, pages 35-60, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4020-5543-0_3
    DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-5543-0_3
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    1. Sylvain Quiédeville & Jean-Baptiste Bassene & Frédéric Lançon & Didier Chabrol & Paule Moustier, 2018. "Systemic Sustainability of the French Organic Rice and PGI Einkorn Value Chains: A Preliminary Assessment Based on Network Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-22, July.
    2. Yuna Chiffoleau & Jean-Marc Touzard, 2014. "Understanding local agri-food systems through advice network analysis," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 31(1), pages 19-32, March.

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