This paper examines the association involving scientific production and cooperation between academic institutions in the field of research in strategy in organizations. Considering 765 papers published by the years of 2000 to 2006, we used social network analysis to investigate the relationship between institutions taking into account its structural and positional properties, as well as its implications under scientifi c production in the field. The results reveals small-world and center-periphery structures, which one have important influence for institutions social capital constituting and scientific production stratification, 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 signifi cant relation between centrality and scientifi c production.
Social network analysis; cooperation; strategy; scientific production; interorganizational relations