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The Strategic Formation of Project Networks : A Relational Practice Perspective

Manning, Stephan - 2011

This article develops a relational practice perspective on the strategic formation of project networks as organizational forms, based on structuration theory and an in-depth case study of a European researcher and his project network. Project networks are defined as strategically coordinated...

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Embedding Projects in Multiple Contexts : A Structuration Perspective

Manning, Stephan - 2011

Projects are embedded in multiple systemic contexts, e.g. organizations, interorganizational networks and organizational fields, which jointly facilitate and constrain project organizing. As projects partly evolve in idiosyncratic ways as temporary systems, embedding needs to be understood as a...

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Transforming Creative Potential in Project Networks : How TV Movies are Produced Under Network-Based Control

Manning, Stephan - 2012

Project networks have been identified as dynamic, yet relatively stable organizational forms in project-based creative industries. They materialize in longer-term actor relationships which are actualized by and institutionalized through particular projects. This article examines how project...

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What Factors Determine the Number of Trading Partners?

Matsushima, Noriaki - 2011

The purpose of the paper is to provide a simple model explaining buyer-supplier relationships and show what factors … partners is small. The results may be consistent with the formation of Japanese buyer-supplier relations … determine the number of trading partners. We show that when the supplier is able to determine the number of trading partners …

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Data Integrity Preservation and Identity Theft Prevention : Operational and Strategic Imperatives to Enhance Shareholder and Consumer Value

Govern, Kevin H. - 2012

Given the current risk environment, businesses are obligated to do their utmost to protect systems and ensure consumer confidentiality. Unfortunately, even the prudent and vigilant business entities may still be susceptible to data theft or other outside system intrusion. In this respect, sound...

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When Neighboring Disciplines Fail to Learn from Each Other : The Case of Innovation and Project Management Research

Davies, Andrew - 2018

As knowledge production becomes more specialized, studying complex and multi-faceted empirical realities becomes more difficult. This has created a growing need for cross-fertilization and collaboration between research disciplines. According to prior studies, the sharing of concepts, ideas and...

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Contract Manufacturing and the Future of the Automotive Industry (in Spanish)

Arruñada, Benito - 2009

Technological and organizational change in the automotive sector is pushing the outsourcing of production to limits which would probably be astonishing a few years ago. Whereas vehicle brand owners tend to specialize in design, research and marketing, their suppliers produce components and...

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Penalties, Rewards, and Inspection : Provision for Quality in Supply Chain Contracts

Starbird, S. Andrew - 2006

motivates a supplier to deliver the buyer's target quality depends upon the inspection policy. We also show that, when sampling … inspection policies on the behaviour of an expected cost minimizing supplier. We assume that the supplier selects a batch size … and target quality level in order to meet a buyer's deterministic demand. We show that the reward and/or penalty that …

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The Rise of Project Network Organizations : Building Core Teams and Flexible Partner Pools for Interorganizational Projects

Manning, Stephan - 2017

This study shifts attention from project-based firms (PBFs) to project network organizations (PNOs) as increasingly important interorganizational contexts of project collaboration. As a result of organizational specialization, PNOs have emerged as generic organizational forms combining the...

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Temporary De-Embedding Buyer-Supplier Relationships : A Complexity Perspective

Sting, Fabian - 2017

Research on buyer-supplier relationships has debated the advantages and disadvantages of embedded relationships. We … join this debate by developing theory on the performance implications of relaxing embedded buyer-supplier relationships for … search and leads to higher performance for both the buyer and supplier. Second, we built a computational simulation model …

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