Credit rationing among small-firm networks in the London and New York garment industries

1999 ◽  
pp. 273-285
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Small Firm ◽  
Credit Rationing ◽  
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.

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
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