The Formation of Inter-Organizational Networks

Mark Ebers, Collectif d'auteurs

316 pages, parution le 19/07/1999

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Résumé

In recent years, the networked firm has been widely perceived by both managers and management scholars as a promising organizational form. This book analyses when, why, and how firms engage in different forms of inter-organizational networking, such 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 forms of inter-organizational collaboration.

Academics and postgraduate students of organizational theory and behaviour, business strategy, economics, sociology, and marketing.

Contents/contributors

Mark Ebers: 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 Håkan Håkansson: 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 & 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.

Edited by Mark Ebers, Professor of Business Administration, Management, and Organization, Augsburg University.

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Mark Ebers, Professor of Business Administration, Management, and Organization, Augsburg University.

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Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Mark Ebers, Collectif d'auteurs
Parution	19/07/1999
Nb. de pages	316
Format	15,6 x 23,4
Couverture	Broché
Poids	450g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780198296027

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