Chapter 4.3 is co-authored by Prof. Dr. Randy Richards of St. Ambrose University. Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-344) and indexes.
Contents:
Fighting stealth food : ad hoc coordination in the case of an EHEC outbreak / Managing inter-organizational relations. Reasons for engaging in inter-organizational relations -- Management as function, institution, and practice -- Inter-organizational relations : forms, qualities, levels -- Management practices : selection, allocation, regulation, evaluation -- Managing tensions and contradictions in inter-organizational relations -- How to use this book. Structure -- Features -- Strategic alliances and networks. Understanding strategic alliances and networks. Definitions and forms of strategic alliances and networks -- Central debates about alliances and networks -- Managing alliances and networks -- Dark sides of alliances and networks -- Cases on managing strategic alliances and networks. Lufthansa cargo's alliance strategy : spinning a web of stable relations -- Star Alliance : adapting the management institutions of an inter-organizational network / Olivier Berthod, Gordon Müller-Seitz. Estes : shaping collaborative ties in the US construction industry / Timo Braun, Randy Richards -- Service holding : managing service culture in customer-supplier relations / Markus Helfen, Manuel Nicklich -- Hipokramed : collective purchasing in a fast growing hospital group / Benjamin I. Behar, Florian Löhlein -- Regional networks and clusters. Understanding regional networks and clusters. Definitions and forms of regional networks and clusters -- Central debates abet regional networks and clusters -- Managing networks within and across clusters -- Regional resilience and responsiveness -- Cases on managing regional networks and clusters. InBroNet : selecting partners, evaluating practices -- One week in the life of a boundary spanner : developing networks within the Berlin optics cluster / Rainer Zeichhardt -- Impact sourcing in India : managing people, clients, and growth at ServImpact / Chacko Kannothra, Stephan Manning -- Refocussing the Smart-house network / Anne H. Gausdal, Guido Möllering, Etty R. Nilsen -- Fighting stealth food : ad hoc coordination in the case of an EHEC outbreak / Olivier Berthod, Gordon Müller-Seitz. Some more specific managerial implications. Understanding global production and supply networks. Definitions and forms of global production and supply networks -- Central debates about global production and supply networks -- Managing global production and supply networks -- Managing supply chain uncertainty through global coordination and governance -- Cases on managing global production and supply networks. E.J. SUITS : developing a global fashion firm through an international production and sales network -- InExeSS : developing an international network of executive search firms under high uncertainty / Leonard Dobusch -- SCC : improving global supply chain governance in garment retailing / Chris F. Wright, Stephen J. Frenkel -- Mastering the cooperation competition tension in Toyota's supplier network / Mirian Wilhelm -- MetalCorp : implementing labor standards in global production networks / Markus Helfen, Dimitris Stevis -- Innovation and project networks. Understanding innovation and project networks. Definitions and forms of innovation and project networks -- Central debates about innovation and project networks -- Managing innovation and project networks -- Beyond projects and networks: innovating with crowds -- Cases on understanding innovation and project networks. Project networks and disruptive technological change : the case of a SAP partner-network / Timo Braun, Thomas Schmidt -- SEMATECH : inventing collaborative innovation / Cornelius Schubert -- GSK : planting a CEEDD for the future / Oliver Alexy, Paola Criscuolo -- Collaboration in project networks : the case of the Dutch shipbuilding industry / Roland Levering ... [et. al.] -- Wikimedia : managing the international network organization behind Wikipedia / Leonard Dobusch -- Conclusions: Concluding observations and reflections. Summarizing the key insights against the backdrop of London 2012 -- Inter-organizational relations in other fields : opportunities for future research -- Outlook for practicing managers. General call for more reflexivity in managing inter-organizational relations -- Some more specific managerial implications.
Summary:
"A case-based text on the management of inter-organizational relations and networks for advanced undergraduate/postgraduate students. It illustrates the various facets of network management in different contexts and embeds the cases in a succinct presentation of important theoretical debates around different network forms and managerial issues"-- Provided by publisher.
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