Marita Haas

The Formation Process of SME Networks (eBook, PDF)

A comparative case analysis of social processes in Austria, Belgium and Turkey

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Cooperation concepts can be considered as an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to overcome arising problems due to their size. Although the advantages of cooperations, such as cost sharing, access to new markets and increased flexibility, are well-known and discussed in literature, the realization of the concept remains challenging. Marita Haas claims that social processes are decisive for the success of SME networks and creates a phase concept based on group theory that describes how owners of small enterprises enter into a cooperation. The framework is applied to three network formation cases in Austria, Belgium and Turkey. The author shows that group theory is a useful tool to understand and anticipate processes in networked organizations and indicates that the group formation process must be accomplished before a network will be able to create benefits.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Deutscher Universitätsverlag
• Seitenzahl: 255
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783835054318
• Artikelnr.: 37400701

Autorenporträt

Dr. Marita Haas promovierte bei Prof. Dr. Rudolf Vetschera am Lehrstuhl für Organisation und Planung der Universität Wien.

Inhaltsangabe

State of the Art.- Framework Development.- Design of Analysis.- Empirical Data: Network Formation Processes.- Comparative Analysis.- Conclusions and Outlook on Further Work.