This paper is part of a larger survey of Italian design-intensive furnishings manufacturers that compete by leveraging a network of collaborative relationships with external designers. Among these ¿central firms¿, three are being studied longitudinally, with reference to the following areas of inquiry: organizational vision; partners¿ selection; network management. Here I refer to the last area. Founding on the relational behavior of the three central firms over a (approximately) 30-years time span, I advance that the ability to leverage a ¿dual¿ network architecture, integrating a large ¿periphery¿ of weak ties with a narrow ¿core¿ of strong ties, is a distinctive relational capability of the central firm.
Capaldo, A., Managing strategic networks. The strengths of a core-periphery network architecture, Selected paper, in Founding Conference of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), (Barcelona (Spain), 21-22 April 2001), European Academy of Management, Barcelona 2001: 1-10 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/36415]
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Titolo: | Managing strategic networks. The strengths of a core-periphery network architecture |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2001 |
Abstract: | This paper is part of a larger survey of Italian design-intensive furnishings manufacturers that compete by leveraging a network of collaborative relationships with external designers. Among these ¿central firms¿, three are being studied longitudinally, with reference to the following areas of inquiry: organizational vision; partners¿ selection; network management. Here I refer to the last area. Founding on the relational behavior of the three central firms over a (approximately) 30-years time span, I advance that the ability to leverage a ¿dual¿ network architecture, integrating a large ¿periphery¿ of weak ties with a narrow ¿core¿ of strong ties, is a distinctive relational capability of the central firm. |
Lingua: | Inglese |
Titolo del libro: | Founding Conference of the European Academy of Management (EURAM) |
Editore: | European Academy of Management |
Nome del convegno: | Founding Conference of the European Academy of Management |
Luogo del convegno: | Barcelona (Spain) |
Data inizio evento: | 2001-04-21 |
Data fine evento: | 2001-04-22 |
Tipo di contributo: | Selected paper |
Citazione: | Capaldo, A., Managing strategic networks. The strengths of a core-periphery network architecture, Selected paper, in Founding Conference of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), (Barcelona (Spain), 21-22 April 2001), European Academy of Management, Barcelona 2001: 1-10 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/36415] |
Appare nelle tipologie: | Paper, Selected paper, Contributed paper, Working paper, Poster, Poster paper, Comunicazione, Relazione (in volume) |