This commentary essay summarises and explicates two important observation made by Cantù, Corsaro and Snehota in this special issue and discusses the implications for the future study of managing resource interaction in inter-organisational networks. First, consider the importance of the recognition of the duality of actors’ roles; as providers and users of resources in a combining and recombining systems of change and innovation. Second, the recognition of multiple points of value creation that emerges within the network during the process of combining and integrating resources to create customer solutions.