Inter-institutional cooperation in the field of strategy research

Abstract

This paper examines the association involving scientific production and cooperation between academic institutions in the fi eld of researchin strategy in organizations. Considering 765 papers published by the years of 2000 to 2006, we used social network analysis to investigate therelationship between institutions taking into account its structural and positional properties, as well as its implications under scientific production in the field. The results reveals small-world and center-periphery structures, which one have important influence for institutions social capital constituting and scientifi c production stratifi cation, also conditioned by geographical localization. Moreover, the findings indicate greater probability to be more productive such institutions characterized as more collaborative and with a position of intermediation. These results suggest a significant relation between centrality and scientific production.