Managing Inter-organizational Collaborations : Process Views

Sydow, Jörg (EDT); Berends, Hans (EDT)

ISBN 10: 1787565920 / ISBN 13: 9781787565920

Published by Emerald Publishing, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Managing Inter-organizational Collaborations : Process Views
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787565920
• ISBN 13: 9781787565920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This volume contains two Open Access Chapters.  

Volume 64 of Research in the Sociology of Organizations takes stock of research on processes of inter-organizational collaboration and explores new topics that call for inquiry. It shows that inter-organizational collaboration is becoming more varied and fluid. Traditional strategic alliances and consortia are still around, but these are complemented with new forms of collaboration, often enabled by emerging digital technologies. 

The volume is organized in three parts. The first set of chapters focus on relational dynamics of inter-organizational collaboration. Process views of inter-organizational collaboration investigate the relational embeddedness of interactions, the development and change of relations, and how relationships are constituted as processual phenomena. The second part of this volume addresses organizational dynamics in collaboration processes. Organizations themselves are not stable in any collaboration: just as collaboration is fluid, also organizations continuously change, and intra-organizational dynamics are key to understand external collaboration. Third, this volume addresses new phenomena in the changing landscape of inter-organizational collaboration, thereby laying out directions for future inquiry.

About the Author

Dr. Jörg Sydow is a Professor of Management at the School of Business & Economics at Freie Universität Berlin. He was a Fellow of the Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) Research and an editorial board member of Organization Science, Organization Studies, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, and Journal of Management Studies. Currently he is a Senior Editor of Organization Studies.  

Dr. Hans Berends is Professor of Innovation and Organization at the School of Business & Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His current research interests concern inter-organizational collaboration and digital innovation, and he investigates these phenomena using a process research approach. He has published in leading journals including Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, and Strategic Organization.