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Networks, Learning and the Lifecycle

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  • Benson-Rea, Maureen
  • Wilson, Heather

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This empirically-driven paper presents a conceptual framework relating the use of inter-organisational networks to learning, moderated by the firm and industry lifecycles. The data imply that the ability to fundamentally change network focus, which we have called network revolution, could enhance firm learning. This network-structure-process-learning nexus is explored by combining the entrepreneurial and industrial, marketing and purchasing (IMP) literatures. We suggest that bringing these two literatures together in this way will contribute to expanding the scope of network studies by focusing on the dynamic processes and learning outcomes of networks, both from an intentional (revolutionary) and from an emergent (evolutionary) perspective.

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  • Benson-Rea, Maureen & Wilson, Heather, 2003. "Networks, Learning and the Lifecycle," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 21(5), pages 588-597, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:21:y:2003:i:5:p:588-597
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    Cited by:

    1. Chris Huxham & Paul Hibbert, 2008. "Manifested Attitudes: Intricacies of Inter‐Partner Learning in Collaboration," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(3), pages 502-529, May.
    2. Simone Guercini & Antonella La Rocca & Andrea Perna, 2024. "The IMP research on business networks: a systematic literature review and research agenda," Italian Journal of Marketing, Springer, vol. 2024(2), pages 149-175, June.

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