This paper highlights the temporality dimension of ties. Doing so we respond to recent calls for a more dynamic and processual understanding of networks. We proposed a model in which two antecedents of latent ties, network similarity, and length of the tie, will be tested. Also, our study addresses the relationship between tie latency and innovation. The model tests the impact of the interaction between the number of latent and strong ties on organizations innovative output will be studied. The study highlights the significance of latent ties in coping with the problems of redundancy of dense network and overloading of new weak ties.