..., the researchers found the existence of a positive relationship with formal and informal contact networks, as well as specific employee skills, international experience and strong propensity for entrepreneurship and risk-taking. Research limitations/implications This study presents some limitations. On the one...

..., the Uppsala evolution model and the business network view. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a case study on the reconfiguration of two vertically-related business units within the Solvay group, a world leader in the chemical industry. The empirical study is based on interviews...

... innovation Networks Knowledge Spillovers Open innovation derives from a concept first proposed by Henry Chesbrough (2003a) . While the idea and discussions around some of the consequences (especially about R&D-based cooperation between companies) date back to the 1960s (Berkhout et al...

...Alexis Downs Networks Culture Health care Post-bureaucratic An initial perusal of the two books, Making Wicked Problems Governable and Transforming Culture, is not likely to reveal the common themes of the books. However, reading and reflection highlight similar...

...Domingo Ribeiro Soriano; Adriana Martínez; José A. Belso‐Martínez; Francisco Más‐Verdú Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the structure of knowledge networks and the geographical patterns of knowledge networking in mature industrial clusters. To such end, it is assumed that proximity...

...William P. Staderman Michael   Dulworth . The Connect Effect . San Francisco, CA : Berrett‐Koehler   2008 . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Networks Reciprocity Contacts Personal board of directors Relational “Who you know is as important...

... on the diversity of actors, trans‐generation, and a variety of networks. At this stage, the dissemination process of SEAM brings to light unexpected synergies. This process is based on methodological principles such as generic contingency and cognitive interactivity. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Diversity...

... is that any neighborhood is not organized enough to create networks which deliver efficient services, thus resulting in many dysfunctions and even violence in the city. A number of key players from the same neighborhood had never met, apparently ignoring each other's existence. It was also a “revelation...

...E.C. Hoogerwerf; Anne‐Marie Poorthuis The subject of this article is a novel new approach to organizing called the network multilogue. Begins with a brief overview of the theoretical underpinnings of the process of network organizing. The conceptual model the authors hope to build through...

...Sam K. Steffensen Linking informational network and organizational change theories with the multi‐faceted transformations taking place in global competition, in particular the economic recession in the Asia‐Pacific and information technological progress, the paper focuses on two major issues: first...

... to enhance understandings of competitive dealings with two business networks that dominate the Southeast Asian economies ‐ the Overseas Chinese and the Overseas Indians, collectively referred to as “the Networks”. Measures the sparring rings in Asia through the historical conditions that contributed...

... to far‐from‐equilibrium conditions, “at the edge of chaos”. Takes this perspective for understanding the interactions occurring simultaneously in an organization’s designed or formal network of relationships, and in its self‐organizing or shadow networks. Provides illustrations from the author’s...

... Bureaucracy Networks Bureaucratic organizations Large companies JOCM 4,4 The Chinese Torture Story William B. Wolf Clinton, Washington, USA 56 Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 4 No. 4, 1991, pp. 56-57, © MCB University Press, 0953-4814 One may wonder how huge business organisations...