Practices for Network Management In Search of Collaborative Advanta
Presenting 17 tools developed through rigorous design science research, this book bridges the relevance gap within network management. In so doing, it proposes a novel system-framework and establishes a path towards a networks-as-practice view on inter-or
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PRACTICES FOR NETWORK MANAGEMENT In Search of Collaborative Advantage
Practices for Network Management
Jukka Vesalainen • Katri Valkokari • Magnus Hellström Editors
Practices for Network Management In Search of Collaborative Advantage
Editors Jukka Vesalainen University of Vaasa Vaasa, Finland
Magnus Hellström Åbo Akademi University Åbo, Finland
Katri Valkokari VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Tampere, Finland
ISBN 978-3-319-49648-1 ISBN 978-3-319-49649-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-49649-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016962496 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: ordi clave garsot / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
In the network era we live in today, many organizational actors in positions of management or expertise increasingly play important roles in building, organizing, coordinating, and developing business relationships, networks, or even entire ecosystems. In doing so, they face challenges for how to influence the actions of their partner firms as well as how to align their own firms with their business partners. These “boundary spanners” strive to build a shared understanding between the members in a network. The DIMECC REBUS (Towards relational business practices) research program was inspired by the relational view introduced first by Dyer and Singh in 1998. The research program also wanted to result in concrete deliverables that would have practical value for network management, that is, developing and then studying relational business practices in industrial networks. Therefore, the research utilized design science approach. The idea for a book that combined the central findings of these research and
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