The Dynamics Of Interfirm Relationships

Author : Yongdo Kim
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781784715359

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The Dynamics of Interfirm Relationships by Yongdo Kim Pdf

The goal of this path-breaking volume is to relativize the experience of Japanese industries in terms of both location and time, exploring its similarities and differences with other countries and its unique relationship with the global standard of company performance set by US firms. Yongdo Kim looks beyond organizational principles, overturns stereotypes, and covers a wide range of industries. In particular, this book focuses on the intertwining of the market principle and the organizational principle in interfirm relationships among the steel, machine tool, integrated circuit and liquid-crystal display materials industries, concluding that there is no such thing as ‘Japanese uniqueness’ in the history of interfirm relationships. This book compares several intermediate product industries within a global context to offer insights into the studies of businesses across the globe. Numerous interviews with key individuals in the Japanese steel, integrated circuit and machine tool industries offer unique and illuminating information. This analysis covers a broad range of firms by examining the relationships within large companies as well as smaller corporations. This fresh and varied analysis is a critical resource for both business practitioners and scholars of business history, business strategy, industrial marketing, product development management, and economic history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:972072625

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The Dynamics of Interfirm Relationships by Anonim Pdf

Author : Yoshitaka Okada
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9784431679233

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Competitive-cum-Cooperative Interfirm Relations and Dynamics in the Japanese Semiconductor Industry by Yoshitaka Okada Pdf

Japanese semiconductor firms are well known for obtaining dynamics in a short period of time and achieving even global leadership. A significant portion of their success are attributable to cooperative interfirm relations and the development of intermediate organizational structure based on long-term relationship between firms. The purpose of this book is to explain how interfirm relations contributed to their dynamics during the golden age of the semiconductor industry. Meanwhile this book clarifies the real source of dynamics in interfirm relations and how the firms have interacted. The author concludes that the competitive-cum-cooperative (CCC) interfirm interaction are observed. Quantitative and qualitative findings show that firms enjoy not only flexible cooperation based synergy effects, but also dynamics market-like effects by creating competition among partners through CCC interaction.

Author : Tebarek Lika Megento
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783643111852

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Inter-firm Relationships and Governance Structures by Tebarek Lika Megento Pdf

Interest in the topic of governance and interfirm relationships in the Ethiopian leather and leather products industry was developed after observing a gap in the literature on value chain research at the international level and finding only a few empirical studies on value chains at the local level. Most of the value chain research conducted throughout the world are either too general or are simply functionalistic and, thus, fail to address the socio-cultural context. This study contributes to the literature in several ways: firstly, the present research suggests that a central focus of value chain analysis should be the examination of social networks within local, but also global, value chains, as social relations might play an important and so far neglected role in the struggle to participate in the rapidly changing world economy. Secondly, as a clear departure from mainstream value chain research, this study makes use of a mixture of value chain and network approaches for exploring processes and micro-level interactions used by individuals to construct and maintain networks.

Author : Victor Gilsing
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781958920

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The Dynamics of Innovation and Interfirm Networks by Victor Gilsing Pdf

"Academics, specifically those interested in the dynamic interaction between networks and innovation, will find this book of great interest, as will policy makers and management practitioners."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Josef Windsperger,Gérard Cliquet,Thomas Ehrmann,Georg Hendrikse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319101842

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Interfirm Networks by Josef Windsperger,Gérard Cliquet,Thomas Ehrmann,Georg Hendrikse Pdf

The organization of interfirm networks, such as alliances, cooperatives, franchise and retail chains, has become an important research topic in the field of economics, marketing, strategic management, and organization theory. This book contributes to the literature on formal and informal inter-organizational governance by providing new insights on contract design, ownership, evolution of cooperation, role of social capital and performance in franchising networks; includes topics of loyalty, reputation and organizational form as well as performance of cooperatives, and discusses the relationship between formal and relational governance in alliances, governance structures of innovation activities, dynamics of interfirm conflicts, and network externalities and alliance formation.

Author : Josef Windsperger,Gérard Cliquet,Thomas Ehrmann,Georg Hendrikse
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3319358502

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Interfirm Networks by Josef Windsperger,Gérard Cliquet,Thomas Ehrmann,Georg Hendrikse Pdf

The organization of interfirm networks, such as alliances, cooperatives, franchise and retail chains, has become an important research topic in the field of economics, marketing, strategic management, and organization theory. This book contributes to the literature on formal and informal inter-organizational governance by providing new insights on contract design, ownership, evolution of cooperation, role of social capital and performance in franchising networks; includes topics of loyalty, reputation and organizational form as well as performance of cooperatives, and discusses the relationship between formal and relational governance in alliances, governance structures of innovation activities, dynamics of interfirm conflicts, and network externalities and alliance formation.

Author : Romaric Servajean-Hilst
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119579915

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Co-innovation Dynamics by Romaric Servajean-Hilst Pdf

Over the last 30 years, the pace of innovation has exploded while available resources have become increasingly scarce. Open Innovation is the solution, with client–supplier relationships being the main expedient. However, collaborating in innovation is full of obstacles, from uncertainties in innovation as a whole to difficulties with managing a business relationship. Co-innovation Dynamics, based on a deep-dive ethnographic inquiry enlightened by state-of-the-art management research, presents the daily life story of a collaborative innovation project. Also, based on two other qualitative and quantitative studies on co-innovation management, this book offers lessons and tips on how to manage the dynamics of collaborative innovation in the client–supplier relationship.

Author : Arch G. Woodside
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857243058

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Organizational Culture, Business-to-Business Relationships, and Interfirm Networks by Arch G. Woodside Pdf

Provides in-depth understanding about business-to-business (B2B) and organizational relationships. This title includes descriptions on how B2B networks form, function and develop and is for readers who want to delve into how B2B relationships actually work and, frequently, do not work.

Author : Bart Kamp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-12-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134148516

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Location Behaviour and Relationship Stability in International Business Networks by Bart Kamp Pdf

This new book investigates how the relationships of international business networks (one buyer-multiple suppliers) develop over time, looking at the geographical angle as well as an actor composition point of view. Bart Kamp presents a framework that reveals what business-to-business (b2b) factors explain buyer-supplier co-location patterns, making it possible to predict the geographical behaviour of suppliers, and also assesses whether longevity is truly the deep-rooted feature of international b2b network relationships that it is often claimed to be.

Author : Dariusz Siemieniako,Maciej Mitręga,Hannu Makkonen,Gregor Pfajfar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000685534

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Power in Business Relationships by Dariusz Siemieniako,Maciej Mitręga,Hannu Makkonen,Gregor Pfajfar Pdf

Focusing on the issue of power as the main building block of relationships between business buyers and sellers, this book explains the complex nature of power with its multidimensional and multi-directional character. As a complex construct, inter-firm power is treated as a matter of perception as well as in terms of total and relative power. The book analyses extensively the issue of power asymmetry with its dynamics and its consequences for business-to-business (B2B) relationships, particularly analyzing the dynamic mechanism of power. Various theoretical domains or research streams regarding managing an asymmetrical business relationship by the weaker partner are also examined. Based on the studies of other scholars as well as on the authors' own research, this book shows how weaker suppliers or buyers deal with high-power partners in business relationships and the approaches of more powerful parties to asymmetrical relationship development. Additionally, the book presents the specific nature of power in international B2B relationships, including its connection to culture and conflict, as well as how to handle power in managing export performance within international B2B relationships. It is written for scholars and students who are interested in academic research concerning B2B marketing and B2B relationship marketing domains, specifically those who are interested in literature dealing with supply chain management, key account management, relationship portfolio management, distribution channel management and the network approach.

Author : Massimo G. Colombo
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415154707

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The Changing Boundaries of the Firm by Massimo G. Colombo Pdf

This book offers a distinctive analysis of the relations and interplay between the internal activities of firms, their changing boundaries, and increasing reliance on networks and alliances with other firms. The contributors offer a blend of theoretical and empirical studies; they are based on a set of related perspectives in modern economics, including transaction cost economics, competence and resource-based theories of the firm, evolutionary economics and the theories of foreign direct investments and the multinational enterprise. The unifying concern shared by the different studies is the need to model firm behaviour and inter firm cooperative activities in terms of knowledge growth and competence building rather than merely in terms of cost-reduction; they emphasize learning processes and dynamic efficiency rather than efficient allocation of given resources.

Author : Tsutomu Watanabe,Iichiro Uesugi,Arito Ono
Publisher : Springer
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9784431553908

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The Economics of Interfirm Networks by Tsutomu Watanabe,Iichiro Uesugi,Arito Ono Pdf

This book is one of the first comprehensive works to fill the knowledge gap resulting from the limited number of empirical studies on interfirm networks. The in-depth empirical research presented here is based on a massive transaction relationship database of approximately 400,000 Japanese firms. This volume, unlike others, focuses on the role of interfirm networks in three different fields: (1) macroeconomic activities, (2) economic geography and firm dynamics, and (3) firm–bank relationships. The database for this work is constructed in collaboration with Japan's largest credit research company, Teikoku Data Bank, and covers a substantial portion of Japanese firms with information on firms' transaction partners, shareholders, financial institutions, and other attributes, including their locations and performance. Networks prevail in many aspects of economic activities and play a major role in explaining a wide variety of economic phenomena from business cycles to knowledge spillovers, which has motivated economists to produce a number of excellent works. In the policy arena, there has been a growing concern on the vulnerabilities of networks based on the casual observation that idiosyncratic shocks on firms can be amplified through inter-firm connections and leads to a systemic crisis. Typical examples are the manufacturing supply-chain networks in the automobile and electronics industries which propagated regionally concentrated shocks (the Great East Japan Earthquake and floods in Thailand in 2011) into global ones. An abundance of theoretical literature on the formation and functions of networks is available already. This book breaks new ground, however, and provides an excellent opportunity for the reader to gain a more integrated understanding of the role of networks in the economy. The Economics of Interfirm Networks will be of special interest to economists and practitioners seeking empirical and quantitative knowledge on interfirm and firm–bank networks.

Author : J. Taggart,M. Berry,M. McDermott
Publisher : Springer
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2001-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781403907622

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Multinationals in a New Era by J. Taggart,M. Berry,M. McDermott Pdf

This eighth volume in the AIB series focuses on globalisation and international business, and presents the work of leading international business scholars delivered at the 27th Academy of International Business conference at the University of Strathclyde. Contributions examine how the underlying characteristics of International Business are changing as we move into early part of the twenty-first century. The three points of focus are - internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises and the growing occurrence of 'born' internationalisers - the impact of culture, structure and technology on managing the multinational corporation - the implementation of international strategy through the roles and activities of foreign subsidiaries The book successfully brings together an integrated set of research concepts and results to present some contrasting views about the nature and effects of globalisation as the multinational continues to develop in the 21st century.

Author : Stefan Klein,Angeliki Poulymenakou
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783540328841

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Managing Dynamic Networks by Stefan Klein,Angeliki Poulymenakou Pdf

Collaboration of organizations reshapes traditional managerial practices and creates new inter-organizational contexts for strategy, coordination and control, information and knowledge management. Heralded as organizational forms of the future, networks are at the same time fragile and precarious organizational arrangements, which regularly fail. In order to investigate the new realities created by technology-enabled forms of network organizations and to address the emerging managerial challenges, this book introduces an integrative view on inter-firm network management. Centred on a network life cycle perspective, strategic, economic and relational facets of business networking are explored. The network management framework is illustrated onto a broad range of European inter-firm network examples in various industries rendering insights for new management practices.