, the literature has yet to resolve a key question—do embedded ties with customers help or hurt supplier innovation? Drawing … on both the tie strength and knowledge literatures, we theorize that embedded ties interact with supplier and customer … observe that embedded ties weaken how much suppliers benefit from customer innovation knowledge due to worries about customer …

Purpose – This paper aims to analyze the impact of three types of embedded ties, namely, specialized complementary … (2003) and Noordhoff et al. (2011), among others, to discuss the positive and negative aspects of embedded ties. Using data …. There is also considerable difficulty associated with testing the interrelations among these embedded ties in greater depth …

target firm’s embedded ties in acquisitions. We identify four critical areas - communication, idiosyncratic investments … the components of the target firm’s embedded ties – trust, joint problem-solving and exchange of fine-grained information …

target firm’s embedded ties in acquisitions. We identify four critical areas - communication, idiosyncratic investments … the components of the target firm’s embedded ties – trust, joint problem-solving and exchange of fine …