Inter-Organizational Relationships Towards a Dynamic Model for Understanding Business Network Performance /

• Main Authors: Rossignoli, Cecilia (Author), Ricciardi, Francesca (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Contributions to Management Science,
• Subjects: Business.; Leadership.; Organization.; Planning.; Management.; Industrial management.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Economic sociology.; Business and Management.; IT in Business.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Business Strategy/Leadership.

This book explores the premise that organizations are significantly influenced by their inter-organizational relationships; moreover, these relationships may generate important externalities, both positive and negative, impacting the environment at several levels. The advent of the Internet era, on...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Extant theories explaining inter-organizational relationships
• The literature on Virtual Organizations, electronic Mediators and e-Marketplaces
• A Single Theory Is Not Enough: Understanding the Dynamism of Inter-Organizational Relationships.