Description |
xii, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
I. Introduction. 1. Explaining Inter-organizational Network Formation / Mark Ebers -- II. Resource Flows: The Role of Activity Links. 2. Relationships as Activity Links / Anna Dubois and Hakan Hakansson. 3. Inter-Firm Responses to Heterogeneity of Demand over Time / Geoff Easton and Luis Araujo. 4. The Network Structure of Inter-Firm Relationships in the Southern Italian Mechanical Industry / Alessandro Lomi and Alessandro Grandi -- III. Mutual Expectations: The Role of Trust. 5. Processes Facilitating Reliance on Trust in Inter-Organizational Networks / Peter Smith Ring. 6. Research and Development Alliances: Ensuring Trust by Manual Commitments / Paul De Laat. 7. An Economic Model of Inter-Firm Networks / Mark Casson and Howard Cox -- IV. Information Flows: The Role of Catalysts. 8. Co-ordinating Multi-Firm Innovative Processes: Entrepreneur as Catalyst in Small-Firm Networks / Andrea Lipparini and Maurizio Sobrero |
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9. Learning through Intermediaries: The Case of Inter-Firm Research Collaborations / Susanne Lutz. 10. Mixed Mode Operation of Electronic Markets and Hierarchies / Christopher P. Holland and Geoff Lockett -- V. Conclusion. 11. The Forms, Costs, and Development Dynamics of Inter-Organizational Networking / Mark Ebers and Anna Grandori |
Summary |
Whether described as strategic alliances, trading networks or joint ventures, the varying organisational arrangements between firms are seen as a form of economic co-ordination distinct from archetypal ideas of firms and markets |
Notes |
Papers from a workshop organized by the editor as part of the European Management and Organization in Transition (EMOT) program sponsored by the European Science Foundation (ESF), and held in Berlin |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Business enterprises -- Computer networks.
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Business networks.
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Author |
Ebers, Mark.
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LC no. |
97006277 99031595 |
ISBN |
0198289480 |
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0198296029 (paperback) |
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