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 Interconnectedness has been defined as the extent to which networks tend to be cohesive or sparse (Padula, 2008). A structure is cohesive when its actors are connected with each other, whereas it tends to be sparse when actors are disconnected from each other. Interconnectedness has been cited as a crucial property for knowledge integration (Ravasi and Verona, 2001), which in turn supports the organization’s competitiveness (Grant, 1996). Interconnectedness in the network also refers to an absence of structural holes (Burt, 1992), which results in a dense network, thus promoting trust among its members (Coleman, 1988; Uzzi, 1996) and social norms and sanctions that support cooperative exchanges (Coleman, 1988)