Network Horizon and the Dynamics of Network Positions: A Multi-Method Multi-Level Longitudinal Study of Interfirm Networks

textabstractDiederik van Liere was born in Kortenhoef, the Netherlands, on February 18, 1978. He attended Herman Jordan Lyceum in Zeist, from which he received his Atheneum diploma in 1996. After high school, Diederik went on to study Business Administration at the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In 1997, he founded his own Internet design company and was an exchange student at Brandeis University, Boston, United States, in 2000. In November 2002, Diederik received his Master’s degree with a thesis on how the Internet transforms value chains into value networks. In November 2002, Diederik became a PhD student at the Department of Decision and Information Sciences at RSM Erasmus University. His work has been published in Journal of Information Technology, Decision Support Systems and Production, Planning, and Control. Furthermore, a book chapter will appear in the Network Strategy - Advances in Strategic Management series. In January 2006, Diederik went to the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto as a visiting researcher. He has presented his research at major international conferences, such as the Academy of Management (AoM), Sunbelt, and European Conference on Information Systems. Moreover, he won the Best Reviewer Award for the Organization, Management, and Theory (OMT) Division of the Academy of Management in 2006 and currently serves as a member of the OMT Research Committee. Furthermore, Diederik serves as a reviewer for the Business Process and Strategy (BPS) Division of the AoM. His research interests focuses on dynamics of interfirm networks, network strategies, network cognition, and competitive rivalry within and between interfirm networks.