Title: Corporate acquisition networks and organisational performance: a dynamic model of partner selection and network influence

Authors: Mohamed Bin Abderrazek Boukhris

Addresses: Department of Accounting and Finance, College of Business Administration, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Al Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract: This paper combines theory and empirical evidence to develop an analytical framework examining the dynamic relationship between organisational performance and patterns of change in inter-organisational network ties. My framework posits that organisational performance is influenced by patterns of network relations among organisations. For these reasons, organisations are likely to take into account performance considerations when establishing or changing their network ties. But if organisational performance is influenced by network ties, and at the same time, performance is a basis for partner selection then inter-organisational network structures and individual organisational performance are only sub-components of a more general evolutionary process linking network structure and individual behaviour over time. In this paper, the hypotheses tested and the results found reveal the presence of a complex dynamism of mutual dependence between acquisition network structures and individual organisational performance.

Keywords: inter-organisational networks; partner selection; network influence; co-evolution; stochastic actor-oriented model.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2020.109310

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2020 Vol.23 No.3, pp.189 - 219

Received: 13 Feb 2019
Accepted: 03 May 2019
Published online: 03 Sep 2020 *

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