Inter-organizational Relations: (Sage Library in Business and Management)

About the Book

Inter-organizational relations and practices - formal and informal - seem to be everywhere; and the tasks of description, explanation and 'prescription' of inter-organizational arrangements and their attributes have become important scholarly challenges. Turning the spotlight on this profoundly engaging topic, this five-volume set brings together articles from internationally-renowned scholars, seeking to address the various questions that have arisen; the forms of analysis that have developed in the field; the accumulation of theoretical and empirical knowledge about IOR; the continuing debates; and to offer suggestions about the next generation of research.

Overseen by an international team of editors who provide a map of the field through a new comprehensive introduction, this work will be of interest to scholars across a wide range of disciplines, and is structured to reflect both chronology in development of the topic, and the conceptual and empirical knowledge that has accumulated.

Volume One: Inter-organizational Relations: Basic Concepts and Formation of the Field

Volume Two: The Structure and Governance of Inter-organizational Relations

Volume Three: Understanding Inter-organizational Relations in Context

Volume Four: Understanding Inter-organizational Relations as Process

Volume Five: Inter-organizational Relations: Current Debates and Future Research

Table of Contents:
VOLUME ONE: CONCEPTS OF IOR AND THE FORMULATION OF THE FIELD Early Foundations Towards a Theory of Inter-organizational Relations - William Evan The Causal Texture of Organizational Environments - F.E. Emery and E.L. Trist Foundational Theory A Theory of Interfirm Organization - Almarin Phillips Resource Dependence and Inter-organizational Relations - Howard Aldrich The Inter-organizational Network as a Political Economy - J. Kenneth Benson Referent Organizations and the Development of Inter-Organizational Domains - Eric Trist Exchange and Power in Networks of Inter-organizational Relations - Karen Cook Non-contractual Relations in Business: A Preliminary Study - Stewart Macaulay On Strategic Networks - J. Carlos Jarillo Early Empirical Work Exchange as a Conceptual Framework for the Study of Inter-organizational Relationships - Sol Levine and Paul White Patterns of Inter-organizational relationships - Richard Hall et al Defining and Measuring Structural Variations in Inter-organizational Arrangements - Elinor Ostrom, Roger Parks and Gordon Whitaker Organization Strategies and Inter-organizational Networks - J.L. Metcalfe Joint Ventures and Inter-organizational Interdependence - Jeffrey Pfeffer and Phillip Nowak Initial Reviews On the Nature, Formation, and Maintenance of Relations Among Organizations - Andrew Van De Ven Inter-organizational relations - A review of the field - David Whetten VOLUME TWO: ORGANIZATIONS AND INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS Characteristics of Organizations Inter-organizational endorsements and performance of entrepreneurial ventures - Toby Stuart, Ha Hoang and Ralph Hybels Make, Ally, or Buy: A Transaction Cost Theory Meta-analysis - Inge Geyskens, Jan-Benedict Steenkamp and Nirmalya Kumar Relationships between Organisations Strategic Alliances and Interfirm Knowledge Transfer - David Mowery, Joanne Oxley and Brian Silverman Absorptive Capacity, Learning, and Performance in International Joint Ventures - Peter Lane, Jane Salk and Marjorie Lyles Governance Mechanisms A General Theory of Network Governance: Exchange, Conditions and Social Mechanisms - Andrea Larson Network Dyads in Entrepreneurial Settings: A Study of the Governance of Exchange Relations Candace Jones, William Hesterly and Stephen Borgatti Control of Inter-organizational Relationships: Evidence on Appropriation Concerns and Coordination Requirements - Henri Dekker Effects of Trust and Governance on Relational Risk - Bart Nooteboom, Hans Berger and Niels Noorderhaven Does Trust Matter? Exploring the Effects of Inter-Organizational and Interpersonal Trust on Performance - Akbar Zaheer, Bill McEvily and Vincenzo Perrone Strategies of Engagement: Lessons from the Critical Examination of Collaboration and Conflict in an Inter-organizational Domain - Cynthia Hardy and Nelson Phillips Is a Long-term Business Relationship an Implied Contract? Two Views of Relationship Disengagement - Debbie Harrison The Relational View: Cooperative Strategy and Sources of Inter-organizational Competitive Advantage - Jeffrey Dyer and Harbir Singh Structuring Cooperative Relationships between Organizations - P.S. Ring and A. H. Van de Ven Structure Collaboration Networks, Structural Holes and Innovation: A Longitudinal Study - Gautam Ahuja Don′t go it Alone: Alliance Network Composition and Startups′ Performance in Canadian Biotechnology - Joel Baum, Tony Calabrese and Brian Silverman VOLUME THREE: IOR - CONTEXTS Regional Networks and the Resurgence of Silicon Valley - AnnaLee Saxenian Cool Projects, Boring Institutions: Temporary Collaboration in Social Context - Gernot Grabher A Preliminary Theory of Inter-organizational Network Effectiveness: A Comparative Study of Four Community Mental Health Systems - Keith Provan and H. Brinton Milward The Public Governance of Collaborative Spaces: Discourse, Design and Democracy - Chris Skelcher, Navdeep Mathur and Mike Smith The Context of Inter-organizational Collaboration in the Garment Industry: An Institutional Perspective - Mark Scharfman, Barbara Gray and Aimin Yan Bringing the Context Back In: Settings and the Search for Syndicate Partners in Venture Capital Investment Networks - Olav Sorenson and Toby Stuart Social Structure and Alliance Formation Patterns: A Longitudinal Analysis - Ranjay Gulati Network Positions and Propensities to Collaborate: An Investigation of Strategic Alliance Formation in a High-Technology Industry - Toby Stuart Relational Embeddedness and Learning: The Case of Bank Loan Managers and Their Clients - Brian Uzzi, and Ryon Lancaster Manufacturing Relations: An Empirical Study of the Organization of Production Across Multiple Networks - Alessandro Lomi and Philippa Pattison Knowledge Networks as Channels and Conduits: The Effects of Spillovers in the Boston Biotechnology Community - Jason Owen-Smith and Walter Powell Community Ecology and the Sociology of Organizations - John Freeman and Pino Audia Partner Nationality and the Structure-performance Relationship in Strategic Alliances - Arvind Parkhe The Past in Play: Tradition in the Structures of Collaboration - Paul Hibbert and Chris Huxham VOLUME FOUR: IOR PROCESSES Developmental Processes of Cooperative Inter-organizational Relationships - Peter Smith Ring and Andrew Van de Ven Ambiguity, Complexity and Dynamics in the Membership of Collaboration - Chris Huxham and Siv Vangen Knowledge, Bargaining Power and the Instability of International Joint Venture - Andrew Inkpen and Paul Beamish Alliance Management Teams and Entrainment: Sharing Temporal Mental Models - Rhetta Standifer and Allen Bluedorn Coping with Problems of Understanding in Inter-organizational Relationships: Using Formalization as a Means to Make Sense - Paul Vlaar, Frans van den Bosch, and Henk Volberda Organizing and Evaluating Interfirm Networks: A Structurationist Perspective on Network Processes and Effectiveness - Jörg Sydow and Arnold Windeler On the Dialectics of Strategic Alliances - Mark de Rond and Hamid Bouchikhi The Dynamics of Inter-organizational Relationships - Mark Ebers Macro-level Processes Conditions Facilitating Inter-organizational Collaboration - Barbara Gray Managing Formation Processes in RandD Consortia - Peter Smith Ring, Yves Doz and Paul Olk Building Cooperation in a Competitive Industry: SEMATECH and the Semiconductor Industry - Larry Browning, Janice Beyer and Judy Shelter The Co-evolution of Strategic Alliances - Mitchell Koza and Arie Lewin The Dynamics of Multi-Organizational Partnerships: An Analysis of Changing Modes of Governance - Vivien Lowndes and Chris Skelcher Testing a Life-Cycle Theory of Cooperative Inter-organizational Relationships: Movement Across Stages and Performance - Sandy Jap and Erin Anderson Collaborative Working and the Issue of Sustainability - Steve Cropper The Dynamics of Social Capital and their Performance Implications-Lessons from Biotechnology Start-ups - Indre Maurer and Mark Ebers VOLUME FIVE: IOR MANAGEMENT AND FUTURES Clearing a Path Through the Forest: A Meta-Review of Inter-organizational Relationships - Anne Parmigiani and Miguel Rivera-Santos Networks In Public Administration Scholarship: Understanding Where We Are And Where We Need To Go - Kimberley Isett et al "New" Arenas of Study Organizational Justice and IORs The Role of Fairness in Alliance Formation - Africa Ariño and Peter Smith Ring Legitimacy and IORs The Legitimacy of Strategic Alliances: An Institutional Perspective - M. Tina Dacin, Christine Oliver, and Jean-Paul Roy Discourse and IORs Discourse and Collaboration: The Role of Conversations and Collective Identity - Cynthia Hardy, Thomas Lawrence and David Grant Measuring IOR Performance Measures of strategic alliance performance: An analysis of construct validity - Africa Ariño Do Networks Really Work? A Framework for Evaluating Public-Sector Organizational Networks - Keith Provan and H. Brinton Milward Management and Leadership of IORs (6) Testing the Waters: Using Collective Real Options to Manage the Social Dilemma of Strategic Alliances - Matthew McCarter, Joseph Mahoney and Gregory Northcraft Managing Joint Ventures - Paul Beamish and Nathaniel Lupton Managing Alliance Networks: Emerging Practices of Multinational Corporations - Anthony Goerzen Managing Strategic Alliances: What Do We Know Now, and Where Do We Go From Here? - Prashant Kale and Harbir Singh Inside Collaborative Networks: Ten Lessons for Public Managers - Robert Agranoff Leadership in Inter-organizational Networks: A Literature Review and Suggestions for Future Research - Gordon M ller-Seitz

About the Author :
Steve Cropper is a Professor of Management in the School of Public Policy and Professional Practice and the Institute for Public Policy and Management at Keele University. He is a Visiting Professor at University of Strathclyde Business School. He received his degree in City and Regional Planning from Dundee University and PhD from UWIST, Cardiff. He was Convenor of the British Academy of Management Special Interest Group on Interorganisational Relations (2002-5), and was Chair of the Organising Committee of MOPAN (Multi-Organisational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks) in 2010. His research focuses on the initiation, stabilisation and sustainability of partnerships for community health and health services development.

Mark Ebers is a Professor of Business Administration, Corporate Development and Organisation at Cologne University, Germany. Previously, he served on the faculties of Augsburg University and Paderborn University. He has been a Visiting Professor at Columbia University, Tilburg University, Harvard Business School, Harvard University and Bocconi University. He is an International Visiting Fellow of the ESRC/EPSRC Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) at Strathclyde University, and John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow at Harvard University. His research focuses on the governance and outcomes of inter-organisational relations.

Peter Smith Ring is a Professor of Strategic Management in the College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University and an International Visiting Fellow of the ESRC/EPSRC Advanced Institute of Management Research. He received his PhD from the Graduate School of Management in the University of California, Irvine, following a career in law. He was awarded an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, an LLB from the Georgetown University Law Centre and an AB (Cum Laude) from St. Anselm College. He was a Ford Foundation Police Legal Advisor Fellow at Northwestern University′s School of Law from 1996 to 1998. His research focuses on the governance structures and developmental processes of networks and strategic alliances, the roles of trust in transaction processes, contract as an organisational trope, the strategic behaviour of multinational firms and comparative management processes of the public and private sectors.