This paper studies the influence of two properties of interdependence –magnitude and relative asymmetryon the buyer’s control on its supplier. Four dimensions of control are examined: the objects of the control (results, working processes, behaviours and supplier characteristics), the means of the control (market, organisation, social control), the influence strategies (more or less coercive), ...

This paper analyses the versatility of the Dependency Network Diagram (DND) method for modelling inter-organisational IS collaborations from a resource dependence perspective. Originally developed to facilitate the designing and optimising of structures, work processes, and supporting IT; the DND method shows signs of a potential broader usage toward managing such collaborations. Deploying a ca...

Fragmentation and isolated development are main problems that hinder successful e-government in many situations. This paper therefore has an explicit inter-organizational perspective on challenges in one-stop government. In order to capture the inter-organizational perspective we present a conceptual framework, derived from the industrial/business network approach, that characterizes an interor...

As the global marketplace becomes more and more competitive, business organisations often need to team up and operate as a virtual enterprise to utilise the best of their resources for achieving their common business goals. As the business environment of a virtual enterprise is highly dynamic, it is necessary to develop a workflow management technology that is capable of handling dynamic workfl...

FLOW IN MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY Andrew Sturdy, Timothy Clark, Robin Fincham and Karen Handley. [email protected] Forthcoming in Organization. ABSTRACT Management consultancy is seen by many as a key agent in the adoption of new management ideas and practices in organisations. Two contrasting views are dominant – consultants as innovators, bringing new knowledge to their clients, or as legi...

In this paper we investigate social dimension of knowledge in an organisational context. Inspired and informed by sensemaking views of organisations (Weick, 1995), our inquiry focuses on knowledge as both an input to and a product of sensemaking processes at four different levels in organisations: the intra-subjective sensemaking of an individual; the inter-subjective sensemaking in social inte...

BACKGROUND Public health promotes an ecological approach to chronic disease prevention, however, little research has been conducted to assess the integration of an ecological approach in community-based prevention programs. This study sought to contribute to the evidence base by assessing the extent to which an ecological approach was integrated into an Aboriginal community-based cardiovascular...

Abstract Ensuring safe performance in inter-organisational projects involves managing a whole range of organisational, occupational and spatio-temporal boundaries. Regarding future safety, the commissioning phase is crucial. Drawing from case new nuclear installation, we highlight challenges associated with transition between project operations show socio-material temporal arrangements that sup...

— In this paper, the aim is to study inter-organizational learning in innovation networks. We will particularly concentrate on different currently important or increasingly important approaches and views on organizational learning which are particularly relevant from the standpoint of networked innovation. The approaches can also be considered to be rather fundamental and general perspectives t...

This paper is concerned with the effects of space on interorganisational relationships. Much of the economic geography literature has been concerned with studying spatial agglomerations (e.g. industrial districts, clusters) whilst neglecting to characterise in detail the types of relationships that make up such agglomerations. By contrast, research in interorganisational relationships has stres...