SMALL BUSINESS ALLIANCES: PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS AND INNOVATION ADOPTION HONGSEOK OH Department of Management of Organizations School of Business and Management The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 2358-7738; Fax; (852) 2335-5325; E-mail: mnhongoh@ust.hk MARTIN KILDUFF Department of Management and Organization Smeal College of Business Administration The Pennsylvania State University 403 Beam Business Administration Building University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A. Tel: (814) 865-9822; Fax (814) 863-7261; E-mail: mkilduff@psu.edu CHARLIE O. TREVOR Department of Management and Human Resources College of Business The University of Wisconsin-Madison 4113 Grainger Hall Madison, WI 53706-1323, U.S.A. Tel: (608) 262-7920; E-mail:ctrevor@bus.wisc.edu November 2000