Knowledge networking and growth in service firms
- Author
- Bilitis Schoonjans, Philippe Van Cauwenberge (UGent) and Heidi Vander Bauwhede (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- This paper empirically assesses whether knowledge networking affects the growth of small service firms. More specifically, using a large, unbalanced panel data set for the period 1992-2009, it investigates whether participation in a knowledge network called PLATO is positively related to service firm growth. The results show that knowledge networking has a highly significant positive effect on the net asset and added value growth of service firms. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the positive effect of knowledge networking on firm growth is significantly larger for service firms than for manufacturing firms, indicating that industry drives networking success.
- Keywords
- RELATIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS, RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL-STRUCTURE, GIBRATS LAW, INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, SIZE, AGE, SMES, INDUSTRIES, firm growth, knowledge networking
Downloads
-
(...).pdf
- full text
- |
- UGent only
- |
- |
- 135.17 KB
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-4134319
- MLA
- Schoonjans, Bilitis, et al. “Knowledge Networking and Growth in Service Firms.” SERVICE INDUSTRIES JOURNAL, vol. 33, no. 11, Routledge, 2013, pp. 1051–67, doi:10.1080/02642069.2011.632004.
- APA
- Schoonjans, B., Van Cauwenberge, P., & Vander Bauwhede, H. (2013). Knowledge networking and growth in service firms. SERVICE INDUSTRIES JOURNAL, 33(11), 1051–1067. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2011.632004
- Chicago author-date
- Schoonjans, Bilitis, Philippe Van Cauwenberge, and Heidi Vander Bauwhede. 2013. “Knowledge Networking and Growth in Service Firms.” SERVICE INDUSTRIES JOURNAL 33 (11): 1051–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2011.632004.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Schoonjans, Bilitis, Philippe Van Cauwenberge, and Heidi Vander Bauwhede. 2013. “Knowledge Networking and Growth in Service Firms.” SERVICE INDUSTRIES JOURNAL 33 (11): 1051–1067. doi:10.1080/02642069.2011.632004.
- Vancouver
- 1.Schoonjans B, Van Cauwenberge P, Vander Bauwhede H. Knowledge networking and growth in service firms. SERVICE INDUSTRIES JOURNAL. 2013;33(11):1051–67.
- IEEE
- [1]B. Schoonjans, P. Van Cauwenberge, and H. Vander Bauwhede, “Knowledge networking and growth in service firms,” SERVICE INDUSTRIES JOURNAL, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 1051–1067, 2013.
@article{4134319,
abstract = {{This paper empirically assesses whether knowledge networking affects the growth of small service firms. More specifically, using a large, unbalanced panel data set for the period 1992-2009, it investigates whether participation in a knowledge network called PLATO is positively related to service firm growth. The results show that knowledge networking has a highly significant positive effect on the net asset and added value growth of service firms. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the positive effect of knowledge networking on firm growth is significantly larger for service firms than for manufacturing firms, indicating that industry drives networking success.}},
articleno = {{11}},
author = {{Schoonjans, Bilitis and Van Cauwenberge, Philippe and Vander Bauwhede, Heidi}},
issn = {{0264-2069}},
journal = {{SERVICE INDUSTRIES JOURNAL}},
keywords = {{RELATIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS,RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT,SOCIAL-STRUCTURE,GIBRATS LAW,INNOVATION,PERFORMANCE,SIZE,AGE,SMES,INDUSTRIES,firm growth,knowledge networking}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{11}},
pages = {{11:1051--11:1067}},
publisher = {{Routledge}},
title = {{Knowledge networking and growth in service firms}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1080/02642069.2011.632004}},
volume = {{33}},
year = {{2013}},
}
- Altmetric
- View in Altmetric
- Web of Science
- Times cited: