Ebers, Mark Ebes

The Formation of Inter-Organizational Networks

Herausgeber: Ebers, Mark

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The contributors come from varying backgrounds: organization studies, economics, business history, marketing, and information systems. Together they are concerned with when, why, and how firms engage in inter-organizational networking, rather than relying on arms-length market relations or in-house procurement.

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In recent years, both managers and management scholars have regarded the networked firm as a promising organizational form. This book analyses when, why, and how firms engage in such forms of inter-organizational networking as strategic alliances, joint ventures, and long-term accords for collaboration among competitors as well as with suppliers and customers. The contributors outline how firm strategies, catalysts, and trust between actors shape the emergence and the types of inter-organizational collaboration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 483g
• ISBN-13: 9780198296027
• ISBN-10: 0198296029
• Artikelnr.: 21355709

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* I. Introduction
* 1: Mark Ebers: The Inter-organizational Network as a Distinct
Organizational Form
* II. Resource Flows: Role of Activity Links
* 2: Anna Dubois and Hoakan Hoakansson: Relationships as Activity Links
* 3: Geoff Easton and Luis Araujo: Interfirm Responses to Heterogeneity
of Demand over Time
* 4: Alessandro Lomi and Alessandro Grandi: The Network Structure of
Interfirm Relationships in the Southern Italian Mechanical Industry
* III. Mutual Expectations: The Role of Trust
* 5: Peter Smith Ring: Processes Facilitating Reliance on Trust in
Inter-organizational Networks
* 6: Paul de Laat: R and D Alliances: Ensuring Trust by Mutual
Commitments
* 7: Mark Casson and Howard Cox: An Economic Model of Inter-firm
Networks
* IV. Information Flows: The Role of the Catalysts
* 8: Andrea Lipparini and Maurizio Sobrero: Co-ordinating Multi-firm
Innovative Processes: Entrepreneur as Catalyst in Small-firm Networks
* 9: Suzanne Lütz: Learning through Intermediaries: The Case of
Interfirm Research Collaborations
* 10: Christopher P. Holland and Geoff Lockett: Mixed Mode Operation of
Electronic Markets and Hierarchies
* V. Conclusion
* 11: Mark Ebers and Anna Grandori: The Formation of
Inter-organizational Networks: Implications for Theory and Practice