Variables and key issues negatively impacting on networks’ development
| Active | Dormant | Blocked | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual variables | |||
| Inability to abandon individualistic mentality | 2.3 (2) | 3.3 (3) | 4.1 (5) |
| Perception of loss of autonomy | 1.7 (1.5) | 2.1 (2) | 1.7 (1) |
| Opportunistic behavior | 1.66 (1.5) | 1.7 (2) | 3 (3) |
| Difficulty in foreseeing network results | 2.5 (3) | 3 (3) | 3.4 (4) |
| Difficulty in predicting economic returns from the network | 2.5 (2.5) | 3.4 (3.4) | 3.4 (3.4) |
| Structural variables | |||
| Differences in partner characteristics (technological, dimensional and organizational) | 2.8 (3) | 2.6 (2) | 3.7 (4) |
| Legitimacy variables | |||
| Missing support by external resources constituencies | 1.8 (1.5) | 2.5 (2) | 2.2 (2) |
| Interaction variables | |||
| Lack of willingness in sharing knowledge | 2.16 (2) | 2.5 (3) | 3.4 (3) |
| Disagreement among the companies | 1.5 (1) | 1.8 (2) | 3.4 (3) |
| Lack of active participation by partners | 1.5 (2) | 3 (3) | 3.5 (4) |
| Difficulty in dissolving the ties borne within the network and to change these ties | 2.3 (2.5) | 2.2 (2) | 2.6 (2) |
| Absence of any business exchange before the origin of the NC | 4 (4) | 3.5 (3) | 3.6 (3) |
| Difficulty in managing partners’ relationships | 1.5 (1.8) | 2 (2.2) | 3 (3) |
| Governance variables | |||
| Difficulties in coordinating the activities | 2.16 (2) | 2.3 (2) | 4 (4) |
| Absence of a network manager | 1.6 (1.5) | 2.5 (2) | 2.3 (3) |
| Active | Dormant | Blocked | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inability to abandon individualistic mentality | 2.3 (2) | 3.3 (3) | 4.1 (5) |
| Perception of loss of autonomy | 1.7 (1.5) | 2.1 (2) | 1.7 (1) |
| Opportunistic behavior | 1.66 (1.5) | 1.7 (2) | 3 (3) |
| Difficulty in foreseeing network results | 2.5 (3) | 3 (3) | 3.4 (4) |
| Difficulty in predicting economic returns from the network | 2.5 (2.5) | 3.4 (3.4) | 3.4 (3.4) |
| Differences in partner characteristics (technological, dimensional and organizational) | 2.8 (3) | 2.6 (2) | 3.7 (4) |
| Missing support by external resources constituencies | 1.8 (1.5) | 2.5 (2) | 2.2 (2) |
| Lack of willingness in sharing knowledge | 2.16 (2) | 2.5 (3) | 3.4 (3) |
| Disagreement among the companies | 1.5 (1) | 1.8 (2) | 3.4 (3) |
| Lack of active participation by partners | 1.5 (2) | 3 (3) | 3.5 (4) |
| Difficulty in dissolving the ties borne within the network and to change these ties | 2.3 (2.5) | 2.2 (2) | 2.6 (2) |
| Absence of any business exchange before the origin of the NC | 4 (4) | 3.5 (3) | 3.6 (3) |
| Difficulty in managing partners’ relationships | 1.5 (1.8) | 2 (2.2) | 3 (3) |
| Difficulties in coordinating the activities | 2.16 (2) | 2.3 (2) | 4 (4) |
| Absence of a network manager | 1.6 (1.5) | 2.5 (2) | 2.3 (3) |
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