Evaluating engineered networks: the effects of structure and process on the outcome of the Brazilian small-firm networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 63
Author(s):  
Ingridi Bortolaso ◽  
Jorge Renato Verschoore ◽  
Eduardo Henrique Rigoni
Keyword(s):  
Small Firm ◽  
Firm Networks

The politics of firm networks: How large firm power limits small firm innovation

Geoforum ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Christopherson ◽  
Jennifer Clark
Keyword(s):  
Small Firm ◽  
Large Firm ◽  
Firm Innovation ◽  
Firm Power ◽  
Power Limits ◽  
Firm Networks

scholarly journals MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF SMALL-FIRM NETWORKS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF MEMBER FIRMS

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (0) ◽  
pp. 197-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Wegner ◽  
Felipe de Mattos Zarpelon ◽  
Jorge Renato Verschoore ◽  
Alsones Balestrin
Keyword(s):  
Network Management ◽  
Small Firm ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Organizational Form ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Firm Networks ◽  
Organizational Literature

Even considering a small-firm network as a new organizational form, few studies analyze how network management practices may influence the performance of member firms. To help overcome this gap, we conducted a survey with 242 firms associated with 49 small-firm networks in Brazil. The results show that collective planning, evaluation, communication, innovation, services offered by the network, leadership, and also the entrepreneurs’ orientation to business development have a positive influence on firms’ performance. The study contributes to the organizational literature and practice as it identifies a set of management practices that influence the performance of firms in small-firm networks.

scholarly journals Small-Firm Networks: hybrid arrangement or organizational form?

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (69) ◽  
pp. 275-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Renato Verschoore ◽  
Alsones Balestrin ◽  
Alexandre Perucia
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Small Firm ◽  
Organizational Form ◽  
The Other ◽  
Organizational Characteristics ◽  
Organizational Forms ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Relevant Question ◽  
Firm Networks ◽  
The One

In the field of organizations, one relevant question is whether or not to consider networks as organizational forms. On the one hand, Williamson (1985) says that networks are hybrid arrangements. On the other, authors like Powell (1990) argue that networks constitute themselves as organizational forms. Given this dilemma, the present article proposes the analysis of organizational characteristics of small-firm networks (SFN). To reach such objective, twelve SFNs in distinct stages of development were analyzed. The results show that SFNs constitute themselves as singular organization forms which boundaries and identities are delineated by strategy, structure, coordination, processes and relationships.

The glue and the pieces: Entrepreneurship and innovation in small-firm networks

1994 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Lipparini ◽  
Maurizio Sobrero
Keyword(s):  
Small Firm ◽  
Firm Networks

Social capital in Brazilian small-firm networks: the influence on business performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Wegner ◽  
Clara Isabel Koetz ◽  
Eduardo De Oliveira Wilk
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Small Firm ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Firm Networks

Large-Small Firm Networks: A Foundation of the New Globalizing Economy in South Korea

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1091-1108 ◽  
Author(s):  
M-R Cho
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Small Firm ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Corporate Restructuring ◽  
Global Competitiveness ◽  
Firm Networks ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Interfirm Linkages

In this paper the author examines how Korea's export-oriented economy has laid its new foundation for global competitiveness by deepening interfirm linkages. Korea's interfirm linkages refer mainly to the relationship between large and small firms. Recent corporate restructuring in the large and small firm sectors has caused denser and highly dynamic intercorporate networks to arise. The author argues that the globalizing of economy in Korea is encouraged by efficacious global—local transactions via large—small firm networks, a matter ignored by most analysts. Major foci are on analyzing the forms, structures, governing mechanisms, and function of large—small firm networks.

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