Organization Studies articles from September 1998

Organization Studies archives from September 1998

Networking network studies: an analysis of conceptual configurations in the study of inter-organizational relationships. (includes appendix)(Special Issue: The Organizational Texture of Inter-firm Relations)
September 22, 1998... Introduction There has been an impressive accumulation of studies focusing on interorganizational relations and networks during the last decade. However, the growth in the number of these studies seemingly does not ensure a clear accumulation...

Structuring inter-firm relationships: a meta-analytic approach.(Special Issue: The Organizational Texture of Inter-firm Relations)
September 22, 1998... Introduction Inter-firm relations have received considerable attention during recent years (Oliver 1990; Grandori and Soda 1995). Scholars have approached the analysis of interactions among separate actors by following different perspectives...

Embedded patterns of international alliance formation.(Special Issue: The Organizational Texture of Inter-firm Relations)
September 22, 1998... Introduction International alliances are an increasingly numerous, diverse, and important social and economic mechanism for international interfirm adaptation and cooperation (see reviews by Grandori and Soda 1995 and Hagedoorn 1993a). Prior...

Do all roads lead to Rome ... or Berlin? The evolution of intra- and inter-organizational routines in the machine-building industry.(Special Issue: The Organizational Texture of Inter-firm Relations)
September 22, 1998... Introduction Much evidence has been collected over the last twenty years to demonstrate that organizational structures and inter-firm relations are embedded in the social and institutional textures of nations or regions (Maurice et al. 1980;...

One, a hundred, thousands of industrial districts. Organizational variety in local networks of small and medium-sized enterprises. (includes appendix)(Special Issue: The Organizational Texture of Inter-firm Relations)
September 22, 1998... Introduction Despite more than a decade of studies on industrial districts, carried out by different scholars in various disciplines and regions of the world, a systematic and comparative study is still missing, as the pioneer in this field...

Inter-firm co-operation and competition in industrial districts.(Special Issue: The Organizational Texture of Inter-firm Relations)
September 22, 1998... Introduction Over the past two decades, social scientists have rediscovered industrial districts, defined as local clusters of numerous, mostly small enterprises which alternately compete and cooperate with one another and specialize in...