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Strategic Networks as Institutional Change: The Rich Wetlands of Kristianstad

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Research on strategic networks has provided new opportunities to analyse areas such as industry structure, market power, and firm positioning in an industry (Gulati et al 2000). Analysing strategic networks has provided new insight into issues such as governance, contracting, and coordination and into firm value and knowledge creation (Gulati et al. 2000; Kogut 2000; Möller and Svahn 2006). An area of special interest concerns how public organizations (governmental agencies at various levels) can initiate and support strategic networks, thereby promoting publicly desired developments.

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  1. Håkan Pihl
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  1. Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden

    Martin Johanson (professor in business administration) (professor in business administration)

  2. Mid-Sweden University, Sweden

    Heléne Lundberg (senior lecturer) (senior lecturer)

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Pihl, H. (2011). Strategic Networks as Institutional Change: The Rich Wetlands of Kristianstad. In: Johanson, M., Lundberg, H. (eds) Network Strategies for Regional Growth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230299146_3

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