Interactions and Interests: Collaboration Outcomes, Competitive Concerns, and the Limits to Triadic Closure
Interactions and Interests: Collaboration Outcomes, Competitive Concerns, and the Limits to Triadic Closure
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互动和兴趣：合作结果、竞争问题以及三元闭合的限制
DOI：
10.1177/0001839217703935
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
10.4
通讯作者：
P. Zhelyazkov
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文献类型：
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作者：
P. Zhelyazkov
组织理论家已经广泛地记录了两个组织如果与同一个第三方有预先存在的关系，那么它们形成关系的可能性就会增加，这种现象被称为三元闭合。然而，他们忽视了共享的第三方在促进或逆转这一过程中的重要性。我的理论，合作成果和竞争的关注，中间跨越一个开放的黑社会发挥了至关重要的作用，黑社会是否关闭。使用1997-2007年期间投资于美国风险投资公司的有限合伙人的投资决策的纵向数据集，我发现中介机构在两种情况下不太可能促进直接联系：（1）中介机构与间接关联方之一的合作失败，或（2）中介机构存在竞争问题--由于其可替代性和相对吸引力，其可能会失去未来的业务给其中一个间接关联方。本文超越了间接关系的概念化，作为被动的脚手架，支持建立直接关系，并灌输了更大的赞赏，坐在他们中间的中介作用。
Organizational theorists have extensively documented the increased likelihood that two organizations will form a relationship if they have preexisting relationships with the same third party, a phenomenon known as triadic closure. They have neglected, however, the importance of the shared third party in facilitating or reversing this process. I theorize that the collaboration outcomes and competitive concerns of the intermediary spanning an open triad play a crucial role in whether that triad closes. Using a longitudinal dataset of the investment decisions of limited partners investing in U.S. venture capital firms in the period 1997–2007, I find that an intermediary is less likely to facilitate a direct connection under two conditions: (1) the intermediary has experienced failed collaborations with one of the indirectly connected parties or (2) the intermediary has competitive concerns—driven by its replaceability and relative attractiveness—that it may lose future business to one of the indirectly connected parties. The paper goes beyond the conceptualization of indirect ties as passive scaffolding that supports creating direct ties and instills a greater appreciation for the role of the intermediary that sits across them.
影响因子：
4.1
作者：
Dyer, JH;Chu, WJ
通讯作者：
Chu, WJ