Network Learning: The Effects of Partners' Heterogeneity of Experience on Corporate Acquisitions

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Board Interlocks and Firm Performance: Toward a Combined Agency–Resource Dependence Perspective (2018, background): “These interorganizational ties also provide access to diverse and unique information (Beckman & Haunschild, 2002; Shropshire, 2010) and the ability to learn new corporate practices (Davis, 1991; Palmer, Jennings, & Zhou, 1993).”
Exploring the Locus of Invention: The Dynamics of Network Communities and Firms' Invention Productivity (2014, background): “In recent years, scholars have made significant advances in understanding how the social structure of markets impacts companies’ learning and invention productivity by shaping the flows of resources and information among them (Beckman & Haunschild, 2002; Greve, 2009; Lavie & Drori, 2012).”
Returns to alliance portfolio diversity : The relative effects of partner diversity on firm’s innovative performance and productivity (2014, neutral): “Prior researchon the diversity of alliancepartners suggeststhat having heterogeneous partners can lead to performance bene ﬁ ts, because differenttypes of organizationsprovide access tomore diverse information and resources (e.g., Beckman & Haunschild, 2002; Wuyts, Dutta, & Stremersch, 2004).”